Table 1.

Characteristics of the cases

Case number	Background	Illness	Patient Interviewed	Family interviewed	Professional Interviewed
1	Tu*	mesothelioma	------	daughter	GP
2	Mo**	bladder cancer	------	------	GP
3	Tu	stomach cancer	------	------	GP
4	Mo	bronchial cancer	patient	wife brother-in-law	pain specialist nurse home care nurse GP
5	Tu	breast cancer	patient		social worker.
6	Mo	lung cancer	------	dife	GP
7	Tu	lung cancer	------	-------	pastoral worker
8	Mo	stomach cancer	------	wife	GP social worker
9	Tu	brain tumor	------	-------	nurse GP
10	Tu	lung cancer	------	-------	oncology nurse
11	Mo	breast cancer		-------	oncology nurse
12	Tu	stomach cancer	------	-------	hospital nurse
13	Tu	breast cancer	patient		social worker
14	Mo	brain tumor	patient	mother 2 sisters brother	GP oncologist pastoral worker
15	Mo	lung cancer	------	daughter	GP
16	Mo	breast cancer	------	daughter	GP
17	Tu	bowel cancer	------	wife son	oncology nurse
18	Mo	stomach cancer	------	sister	home care nurse
19	Mo	bowel cancer	------	daughter
20	Tu	stomach cancer	patient	daughter	hospital nurse
21	Mo	lung cancer	------	daughter	social worker oncologist pain specialist transfer nurse
22	Tu	bone cancer	------		GP home care nurse
23	Tu	lung cancer	------		home care nurse
24	Tu	lung cancer	------	wife son daughter	GP
25	Mo	bowel cancer	------	wife	GP
26	Tu	lung cancer	------	wife daughter	GP
27	Mo	stomach cancer	------	daughter	GP home care nurse
28	Mo	brain tumor	------	daughter	GP
29	Mo	bowel cancer	------	husband sister-in-law	medical specialist
30	Tu	bowel cancer	------		oncology nurse specialist
31	Mo	ovarian cancer	patient	daughter	oncology nurse home care nurse GP wound nurse
32	Mo	breast cancer	------	sister
33	Mo	breast cancer	------	daughter	nurse home care nurse

*: Tu = Turkish patient **: Mo = Moroccan patient.