Table 1.

Participants in the acquisition of qualitative data.

Phase	Method	Patients	Relatives/next-of-kin	GPs	Specialists	Nurses	Other caregivers	Experts	Total
Generation	Focus group 1			8a					8
Elaboration	Interviews	17	8						25
	Focus group 2		7						7
	Quality circle		2	5		2	2		11
Validation	Focus group 3			6		6			12
	Focus group 4			6	3				9
	Testing by experts							41	41
Total		17	17	25	3	8	2	41	113

^aAll these GPs belong to a palliative care consultation network.