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Scoping review

JG Joni Gilissen
LH Lauren Hunt
LB Lieve Van den Block
JS Jenny van der Steen
PT Peggy Tahir
CR Christine Ritchie
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Scoping reviews apply systematic principles to reviewing the literature for the purposes of examining the extent, range and scope of research activity, addressing a broad review question, and including all available research, irrespective of study design.49 50 We have decided to conduct a scoping review as opposed to a systematic review given the lack of clear definition of what constitutes ‘early palliative care’ or ‘palliative care earlier in the disease trajectory’. We will perform a scoping review consistent with the methodological framework proposed by Arksey and O’Malley, refined by Levac et al.49 It will integrate qualitative and quantitative evidence through narrative juxtaposition (discussing diverse forms of evidence side by side).51 This study protocol has been constructed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines.52

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