Table 3 General characteristics of the selected 31 systematic reviews of ethical literature
Year | Author(s) | Country | Title | Publishing journal (JAF) | Review topic | Object of review | Inclusion of recommendations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Kalkman et al. [43] | NL | Pragmatic randomized trials in drug development pose new ethical questions: a systematic review | Drug Discovery Today (Pharmacology & Pharmacy) | Research Ethics: Clinical trial | Ethical issues | No |
McCarthy et al. [32] | IE | Moral distress: a review of the argument-based nursing ethics literature | Nursing Ethics (Nursing) | Clinical Ethics: Nursing | Ethical arguments | No | |
Niemansburg et al. [34] | NL | Reconsidering the ethics of sham interventions in an era of emerging technologies | Surgery (Surgery) | Research Ethics: Clinical trial | Ethical arguments | Recommendations for research | |
Preshaw et al. [44] | UK | Ethical issues experienced by healthcare workers in nursing homes: literature review | Nursing Ethics (Nursing) | Clinical Ethics: Geriatrics | Ethical issues and principles | No | |
2014 | Calvert et al. [36] | UK | Patient-reported outcome (PRO) assessment in clinical trials: a systematic review of guidance for trial protocol writers | PloS One (Multidisciplinary sciences) | Research Ethics: Clinical trial | Ethical recommendations | Recommendations for research |
Huang et al. [28] | AU | Ethical and methodological issues in qualitative health research involving children: A systematic review | Nursing Ethics (Nursing) | Research Ethics: Paediatric research | Ethical issues and arguments | Recommendations for practice | |
Jamshidi et al. [45] | IR | Ethical Considerations of Community-based Participatory Research: Contextual Underpinnings for Developing Countries | International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Medicine, General and internal) | Research Ethics: Community-based participatory research | Ethical issues and guidelines | No | |
McDougall and Notini [38] | AU | Overriding parents’ medical decisions for their children: a systematic review of normative literature | Journal of Medical Ethics (Medical Ethics) | Clinical Ethics: Pediatric care | Ethical recommendations | No | |
Pratt et al. [46] | US | Perspectives from South and East Asia on clinical and research ethics: a literature review | Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics (Medical Ethics) | Clinical and Research Ethics | Ethical values | No | |
Valdez-Martinez et al. [26] | MX | When to stop? Decision-making when children's cancer treatment is no longer curative: a mixed-method systematic review | BMC Pediatrics (Pediatrics) | Clinical Ethics: Pediatric care | Ethical recommendations and issues | Recommendations for research | |
Van der Dam et al. [47] | NL | Ethics support in institutional elderly care: a review of the literature | Journal of Medical Ethics (Medical Ethics) | Clinical Ethics: Geriatrics | Ethical recommendations | No | |
Schildmann and Schildmann [48] | DE | Palliative sedation therapy: a systematic literature review and critical appraisal of available guidance on indication and decision making | Journal of Palliative Medicine (Health care sciences and services) | Clinical Ethics: End of Life | Ethical recommendations | No | |
Whicher et al. [49] | US | Ethical Issues in Patient Safety Research: A Systematic Review of the Literature | Journal of Patient Safety (Healthcare science and service) | Research Ethics: Safety | Ethical issues and arguments | No | |
2013 | Ayuso et al. [41] | SP | Informed consent for whole-genome sequencing studies in the clinical setting. Proposed recommendations on essential content and process | European Journal of Human Genetics (Genetics and Heredity) | Research Ethics: Informed consent | Ethical issues and recommendations | Recommendations for practice |
Christenhusz et al. [50] | BE | To tell or not to tell? A systematic review of ethical reflections on incidental findings arising in genetics contexts | European Journal of Human Genetics (Genetics and Heredity) | Research Ethics: Genetics | Ethical reasons | Recommendations for practice | |
Mikesell et al. [30] | US | Ethical community-engaged research: a literature review | American Journal of Public Health (Public, Environmental and Occupational Health) | Research Ethics: Community-based participatory research | Ethical principles and issues | No | |
Strech et al. [51] | DE | The full spectrum of ethical issues in dementia care: systematic qualitative review | British Journal of Psychiatry (Psychiatry) | Clinical ethics: other | Ethical issues | Recommendations for methods | |
Thys et al. [52] | BE | Could minors be living kidney donors? A systematic review of guidelines, position papers and reports | Transplant International (Transplantation surgery) | Clinical Ethics: Transplantation | Ethical recommendations | No | |
2012 | Choo et al. [53] | UK | Ethical issues and challenges in pressure ulcer research—the research nurses' perspective | Journal of Tissue Viability (Dermatology) | Research Ethics: Nursing | Ethical principles and issues | No |
Dinç et al. [10] | TR | Trust and trustworthiness in nursing: an argument-based literature review | Nursing Inquiry (Nursing) | Clinical Ethics: Nursing | Ethical arguments | No | |
Kanekar and Bitto [54] | US | Public health ethics related training for public health workforce: an emerging need in the United States | Iranian Journal fo Public Health (Public, Environmental and Occupational Health) | Public Health Ethics | Ethical considerations | Recommendations for training | |
Mahieu and Gastmans [55] | BE | Sexuality in institutionalized elderly persons: A systematic review of argument-based ethics literature | International Psychogeriatrics (Psychology, psychiatry, geriatrics) | Clinical Ethics: Geriatrics | Ethical arguments | No | |
Mobasher et al. [56] | IR | Key ethical issues in pediatric research: islamic perspective, Iranian experience | Iranian Journal of Pediatrics (Pedriatrics) | Research Ethics: Paediatric research | Ethical recommendations and arguments | Recommendations for practice | |
2011 | Droste et al. [57] | DE | Ethical issues in autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in advanced breast cancer: a systematic literature review | BMC Medical Ethics (Medical Ethics) | Clinical ethics: other | Ethical issues | No |
Dulhunty et al. [58] | AU | Determining authorship in multicenter trials: a systematic review | Acta Anaesthesiological Scandinavica (Anesthesiology) | Research Ethics: Clinical trial | Ethical considerations in authorship | Recommendations for authorship | |
Sofaer and Strech [59] | UK | Reasons why post-trial access to trial drugs should, or need not be ensured to research participants: a systematic review | Public Health Ethics (Public, Environmental and Occupational Health) | Research Ethics: Clinical trial | Ethical arguments | Recommendations for practice | |
Strech and Schildmann [60] | DE | Quality of ethical guidelines and ethical content in clinical guidelines: the example of end-of-life decision-making | Journal of Medical Ethics (Medical Ethics) | Clinical Ethics: End of Life | Ethical recommendations | Recommendations for practice | |
Zwijsen et al. [61] | NL | Ethics of using assistive technology in the care for community-dwelling elderly people: an overview of the literature | Aging & Mental Health (Psychology, psychiatry, geriatrics) | Clinical Ethics: Geriatrics | Ethical issues | No | |
2010 | Kangasniemi [62] | FN | Equality as a central concept of nursing ethics: a systematic literature review | Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences (Nursing) | Clinical Ethics: Nursing | Ethical concepts | No |
Koelch et al. [63] | DE | Safeguarding children's rights in psychopharmacological research: ethical and legal issues | Current Pharmaceutical Design (Pharmacology and pharmacy) | Research Ethics: Paediatric research | Ethical issues | No | |
Wernow and Gastmans [64] | US | A Review and Taxonomy of Argument-Based Ethics Literature regarding Conscientious Objections to End-of-Life Procedures | Christian Bioethics (Religion, philosophy) | Clinical Ethics: End of Life | Ethical arguments | Recommendations for practice |