Leahy, Daniel http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8318-288X
Larkin, Celine http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2961-0585
Leahy, Dorothy http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2535-736X
McAuliffe, Carmel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3604-8650
Corcoran, Paul http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1201-7136
Williamson, Eileen http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6516-2826
Arensman, Ella http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0376-1203
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Research Board (HRA-2013-phr-438)
Article History
Received: 24 May 2019
Accepted: 30 June 2020
First Online: 12 July 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Ethical approval was granted by the Social Research Ethics Subcommittee of the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Cork University Teaching Hospitals, and by the Coroners Society of Ireland. Informed consent was obtained from all participating relatives. All information obtained was recorded in secure and anonymized databases at the headquarters of the NSRF. Confidentiality was strictly maintained. The NSRF is registered with the Data Protection Agency (ExternalRef removed) and complies with the Irish Data Protection Act of 1988 and the Irish Data Protection (Amendment) Act of 2003. Only anonymized data are released in aggregate form in reports. The names and addresses of patients were not recorded.