Table 8, Summary of evidence - Evidence review: Barriers to accessing end of life care services

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Study design and sample size		Finding	Quality assessment
Number of studies contributing to the finding	Design	Finding	Criteria	Rating	Overall assessment of confidence
Readiness for discussion
3	Semi-structured interviews	Both the patient and the doctor need to be ready for the end-of-life discussion. Patients require acceptance and adjustment and doctors need to be confident in discussion of these issues and that the patient desires the information.	Limitations	Minor concerns about methodological limitations	MODERATE
			Coherence	No concerns about coherence
			Relevance	No concerns about relevance
			Adequacy	No concerns about adequacy

Evidence review: Barriers to accessing end of life care services: End of life care for adults: service delivery: Evidence review C.

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