Table 3.
Themes and Subthemes from Transcribed Data.
| Themes | Subthemes | |
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| 1 | Physician related | (i) Awareness (ii) Perception about palliative care (iii) Medical paternalism (iv) “Territorial guarding” |
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| 2 | Institutional factors | (i) Policy (ii) Human resource |
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| 3 | Family related | (i) Awareness and acceptability (ii) Economic soundness |