Table 1.

Focus group participants, vignette and question schedule.

Focus group	Discipline	Participants
1	General ITU	Nurse = 5 Consultant = 2	Vignette A 65-year-old man is critically ill and is not responding to treatment. Treatment withdrawal is discussed with the family and they would like him to die at home. Questions What are your views about transferring critically ill patients home to die? Do you think it is important/feasible to transfer critically ill patients home to die? When would you transfer a critically ill patient home to die? When would you NOT transfer a critically ill patient home to die?
2	Cardiac ITU	Nurse = 6 Consultant = 4
3	Neurological ITU	Nurse = 9 Consultant = 2
4	Oncology	Nurse = 6 Consultant = 2
5	General Practice	Nurse = 1 GP = 5	Questions What are your views about transferring critically ill patients home to die? Do you think it is important to transfer critically ill patients home to die? Do you have any worries or concerns about transferring critically ill patients home to die? Which patients would be eligible to be transferred home to die?
6	Patient and Public Forum	Nurse = 1 Physiotherapist = 1 Lay person = 5

ITU: intensive therapy unit; GP: general practitioner.