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Authors
Virdun, Claudia
Singh, Gursharan K.
Yates, Patsy
Phillips, Jane L.
Mudge, Alison
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Queensland Health
Queensland University of Technology
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Article History
Received: 24 April 2025
Accepted: 17 June 2025
First Online: 2 July 2025
Declarations
: J.L Phillips is a Senior Editorial Board Member for BMC Palliative Care and C Virdun is an Editor for BMC Palliative Care.
: Ethical approval was granted by Townsville Hospital and Health Service (THHS) Human Research Ethics Committee in May 2022 with reference number HREC/2022/QTHS/84709. The THHS Human Research Ethics Committee reviewed this ethics submission on request from the local ethics committee due to a local weather event (flooding) impacting workflow. The THHS Human Research Ethics Committee is certified by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to review and approve multi-centre research under the national approach. Local governance approval from Metro North Hospital and Health Service (governing the participating hospital) was obtained prior to study commencement. This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed written consent was obtained from each interview participant. Transcripts were deidentified for analysis.
: J.L Phillips is a Senior Editorial Board Member for BMC Palliative Care and C Virdun is an Editor for BMC Palliative Care. Given J.L Phillips; position as Senior Editorial Board Member for BMC Palliative Care we are requesting a waiver of the APC please.
