Table 1 Eligibility Criteria for this scoping review
Population | Parents of a child who had received cancer-directed therapy for a poor-prognosis cancer and the child was under the age of 18Â years |
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Concept | Cancer-directed therapy was defined as any type of cancer treatment which could be received with or without palliative care or symptom management simultaneously Poor-prognosis relates to the cancer diagnosis and indicates whether the outcome is likely to result in death [9]. Poor-prognosis could be defined in anyway acknowledging that terminology differs between countries and clinicians |
Context | Literature could encompass any clinical, medical or homecare setting Included was research literature and systematic reviews from qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies |