De Souza, Joanna
Gillett, Karen
Salifu, Yakubu
Walshe, Catherine
Article History
Received: 16 November 2023
Accepted: 8 July 2024
First Online: 18 July 2024
Declarations
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: Approval to conduct the study was obtained by the research ethics committee at Lancaster University FHMREC18 (August 2019) and King’s College London where the study was considered low risk and allowed to proceed. FHMREC18 amended to allow online focus groups (July 2020). All participants gave verbal and written informed consent to participate in the study. Details of measures taken to support participants for any distress caused by discussing difficult topics such as dying were outlined in the study ethics proposal.
: Consent for publication has been gained from all authors CW, YS, KG and JDS. No other materials used in this publication so consent to publish is ‘Not Applicable’.
: This research has been performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Participant information outlined how anonymity will be maintained in project outputs. The process of data storage and disposal were also outlined.
: The authors declare no competing interests.