Ishida, Kyoko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6829-8163
Sato, Kazuki
Komatsu, Hirokazu
Morita, Tatsuya
Akechi, Tatsuo
Uchida, Megumi
Masukawa, Kento
Igarashi, Naoko
Kizawa, Yoshiyuki
Tsuneto, Satoru
Shima, Yasuo
Miyashita, Mitsunori
Ando, Shoko
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Hospice Palliative Care Foundation (No grant number)
Article History
Received: 15 December 2021
Accepted: 13 April 2022
First Online: 28 April 2022
Declarations
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: This study was conducted with the approval of the ethics committee of Tohoku University School of Medicine (No: 2016–1-015, 2017–2-236–1), Nagoya University School of Medicine (No: 17–167), and the ethics committees of all participating institutions. All study procedures were conducted according to the principles of World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent was obtained from all family members included in the study.
: Informed consent was obtained from all family members for the possible publication of the results.
: The authors declare no competing interests.