Etkind, S. N. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2863-8893
Lovell, N.
Bone, A. E.
Guo, P.
Nicholson, C.
Murtagh, F. E. M.
Higginson, I. J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cicely Saunders International (24610)
Article History
Received: 8 April 2019
Accepted: 19 August 2020
First Online: 29 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the study was received from the UK Health Research Authority (reference 16/LO/2048). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants, unless a participant was unable to write, in which case witnessed verbal consent was obtained instead. If participants lacked capacity to provide informed consent themselves, approval from a personal consultee (a friend or relative willing to provide written approval on the participants behalf) was sought, and the consultee signed a written declaration of approval. This process was approved by the ethics committee.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.