The use of natural language processing in palliative care research: A scoping review.

Background: Natural language processing has been increasingly used in palliative care research over the last 5 years for its versatility and accuracy.

Aim: To evaluate and characterize natural language processing use in palliative care research, including the most commonly used natural language processing software and computational methods, data sources, trends in natural language processing use over time, and palliative care topics addressed.

Design: A scoping review using the framework by Arksey and O'Malley and the updated recommendations proposed by Levac et al.