Table 2. Taxonomy of key components defining the fit of teleconsultation technology and service into the practice of palliative homecare.

Key components	Themes
1. Transcending the institutional walls of home and hospital	a. Surplus value of teleconsultation technology in enabling specialist care at home
	b. Teleconsultation technology’s incentive to join in condensed digital encounters
	c. The potential of teleconsultation technology to jeopardize privacy
2. Transparency of technology defines quality of care	a. The requirement of instant use
	b. Teleconsultation’s fit into the patients’ domestic lives
	c. A mediated clinical eye
	d. Physical proximity
3. Technologized, intimate patient-professional relationships	a. Teleconsultation enables long-term engagement resulting in trustful relationships
	b. Feelings of intimacy
	c. Feelings of relief