Emergency medical services and palliative care: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to map existing emergency medical services (EMS) and palliative care literature by answering the question, what literature exists concerning EMS and palliative care? The sub-questions regarding this literature were, (1) what types of literature exist?, (2) what are the key findings? and (3) what knowledge gaps are present?

Design

A scoping review of literature was performed with an a priori search strategy.

Data sources

MEDLINE via Pubmed, Web of Science, CINAHL, Embase via Scopus, PsycINFO, the University of Cape Town Thesis Repository and Google Scholar were searched.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Empirical, English studies involving human populations published between 1 January 2000 and 24 November 2022 conce

SUBMITTER: Gage CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10030966 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature