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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Palliat Med. 2009 Nov 12;24(1):88–93. doi: 10.1177/0269216309348180

Table 1.

Sample Death History Questions

Main questions Probes
What is the first death that you can
remember? Who was it? How old were you?
What do you remember? What was your
role?
What did you do? How did you handle that? Tell
me more about that? How did you feel about that?
What other deaths have influenced you?
How?
Is there one situation in which a friend or
family member was dying that stands out in
your memory? Why is it memorable?