Kremeike, Kerstin http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4316-2379
Ullrich, Anneke
Schulz, Holger
Rosendahl, Carolin
Boström, Kathleen
Kaur, Sukhvir
Oubaid, Nikolas
Plathe-Ignatz, Christina
Leminski, Christin
Hower, Kira
Pfaff, Holger
Hellmich, Martin
Oechsle, Karin
Voltz, Raymond
Funding for this research was provided by:
German Innovation fund, Federal Joint Committee (G-BA (01VSF19033)
Universitätsklinikum Köln
Article History
Received: 14 October 2021
Accepted: 28 April 2022
First Online: 6 May 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the ethics committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne on 19.04.2021 (20-1727) and by the ethics committee of the General Medical Chamber, Hamburg on 03.08.2021(2021-200061-BO-bet).Qualitative Interviews: Participants, both staff and relatives of deceased patients, give written informed consent before participating in the interviews.Staff Survey: Participants give their consent to participate by clicking on the “continue” button before starting the online survey and thereby agree to have their data collected and analysed anonymously. The staff councils of the two university hospitals agreed to the collection of data from patient files of deceased patients.Retrospective Patient File Analysis: Pseudonymised data is collected, therefore no written or verbal informed consent is needed.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.