Wachterman, Melissa W. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8227-909X
Leveille, Tarikwa
Keating, Nancy L.
Simon, Steven R.
Waikar, Sushrut S.
Bokhour, Barbara
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Palliative Care Research Center (Junior Faculty Career Development Award)
National Institutes of Health (K23AG049088)
Article History
Received: 14 December 2018
Accepted: 26 September 2019
First Online: 24 October 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study has obtained ethics approval from the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) Internal Review Board, IRB Protocol #2921 for participants recruited from the VA and the Partners Human Research Committee, IRB Protocol #2015P000281/PHS for all other participants. The Partners Human Research Committee approved verbal consent for <i>all</i> participants, which was obtained for all participants covered by their approval. The VA approved written informed consent for all participants interviewed in person (and verbal consent for any participants interviewed by phone). All of the participants covered by the VA approval were interviewed in person and written informed consent was obtained for all of them.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.