Hagedorn, Carolin
Tadevosyan, Artashes
Mason, Stephen
Elsner, Frank
Funding for this research was provided by:
RWTH Aachen University
Article History
Received: 6 April 2021
Accepted: 22 March 2022
First Online: 20 April 2022
Declarations
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: Prior to every interview, all interviewees signed an “Informed Consent Form for Participants”, stating the purpose, risks, benefits and confidentiality of the research as well as participation and withdrawal regulations. The Informed Consent From may be available from the corresponding author on request and original signed forms are stored at the Department of Palliative Care of RWTH Aachen University. In order to protect the anonymity of the participants, the signed informed consent forms as well as the transcripts will only be made available in exceptional circumstances.The Ethical Committee of Uniklinik RWTH Aachen approved the research beforehand (EK063/16; date: May 2nd, 2016). All methods used where performed in accordance with the Ethics approval and the informed consent as well as along the Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE 2.0: revised publication guidelines from a detailed consensus process) and a COREQ-checklist (Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.