Martinsson, Lisa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4126-2675
Bergström, Jonas
Hedman, Christel
Strang, Peter
Lundström, Staffan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Swedish Register of Palliative Care
Region Stockholm (ALF project 20200472)
Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation’s Jubilee Fund
Region Västerbotten
Umea University
Article History
Received: 31 March 2021
Accepted: 2 June 2021
First Online: 1 July 2021
Declarations
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: Patients included in the study were deceased and had already been registered in the Swedish Register of Palliative Care by the nurse or physician responsible for the patient. The study was approved by the SRPC management group on 12 November 2020. The working procedure and study design were examined by the Ethical Review Board in Sweden, who had no ethical objections to the study (registration number 2020–02186). The official national ethical review board gave permission to use the information about the deceased and healthcare data, and required no informed consent from next of kin, in accordance with Swedish law.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.