Table 1.

Macro area	Subarea	Meanings
1. The caregivers and their history	a. Because I am the caregiver	Deep Bond Family Organization Gratitude Gender
	b. Time dedicated to the relative	Long Time Average Time Short Time
	c. Patient problems	Cognitive Problems Physical Problems Emotional Problems
	d. Caregivers’ problems	Activities of daily living Acceptance Hard Work Lack of Assistance Inexperience
2. Application of palliative care	e. Expectations of the disease	Cognitive and physical decline Caregivers cannot imagine Inevitable death
	f. Therapeutic Obstinacy	No therapeutic obstinacy Therapeutic obstinacy
	g. Knowledge of palliative care	No information Partial Idea Good Information
	h. Receivers of palliative care	End of life/Oncology Everyone No able to define
	i. Application of palliative care in the care project	Favour Chosen by the medical team Not Agree
	j. Resistance to change	No Resistance Moral Doubt
3. Collaboration with health-care professionals	k. Relationship with the health-care professionals	Good relationship Fluctuating Relationship Difficult Relationship
	l. Inclusion in the decisional trial	Fully Included Enough Included Little Included
	m. Sanitary team as accompaniment to palliative care	Delegation of Decision Specific Explanations Psychological Support