Search strategy
| Databases | Algorithm | Records 1998 to 2018+2018 to 2020 |
| PubMed PsycINFO | ((“amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” (Title/Abstract) OR “motor neuron disease” (Title/Abstract) OR “motor neurone disease” (Title/Abstract) OR “ALS” (Title/Abstract) OR “MND” (Title/Abstract)) AND (“hasten death” OR “hastening death” OR withhold* OR withdraw* OR euthanasia OR suicide OR (“decision-making” AND “end of life”) OR (“palliative care” AND ethics) OR (“mechanical ventilation” AND ethics) OR “advance care planning” OR “advance directives”)) NOT (placebo OR mouse OR rat OR “animal model”) | 854+187 |
| LIVIVO – The Search Portal for Life Sciences Cochrane Library CINAHL ProQuest Social Sciences | ((“amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” OR “motor neuron disease” OR “motor neurone disease” OR “ALS” OR “MND”) AND (“hasten death” OR “hastening death” OR withhold* OR withdraw* OR euthanasia OR suicide OR (“decision-making” AND “end of life”) OR (“palliative care” AND ethics) OR (“mechanical ventilation” AND ethics) OR “advance care planning” OR “advance directives”)) NOT (placebo OR mouse OR rat OR “animal model”) | 314+86 |
| BELIT | (“amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” OR “motor neuron disease” OR “motor neurone disease” OR “MND”) | 121+4 |
| CareLit | “Amyotrophe Lateralsklerose” OR “Motoneuronerkrankung” | 17+18 |
| Total | 1306+295 =1601 |