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Table 2.

Participants’ characteristics

Case number	Patient characteristics						Informal caregiver characteristics	Nurse characteristics			Medical specialist characteristics	Family physician characteristics
	Gender, age (years)^a	Diagnosis	Survival after interview (days)	Marital status	Religion	Country of origin	Relation, age (years)^a	Gender, age (years)^a	Specialty	Setting	Gender, age (years)^a, specialisation	Gender, age (years)^a
1	M 80⁺	Kidney failure	30	Partnership	–	Netherlands	Wife 70⁺	M 50⁺	Dialysis	General hospital	M 30⁺ internist	M 60⁺
2	F 60⁺	Melanoma	35	Married	Protestant	Netherlands	Husband 60⁺	F 30⁺	Oncology	Academic hospital	F 30⁺ internist	M 50⁺
3	F 60⁺	COPD	12	Single	Catholic	Germany	–	F 20⁺	Oncology	General hospital	M 50⁺ pulmonologist	F 20⁺
4	F 80⁺	Dementia	8**	Widow	Islamic	Turkey	Grandson 20⁺	F 20⁺	Oncology	Academic hospital	F 30⁺ trainee geriatrician F 30⁺ internist	M 30⁺
5	F 60⁺	Stomach cancer	***	Divorced	Catholic	Suriname	–	–	–	–	M 60⁺ oncologist	–
6	M 70⁺	Acute myeloid leukaemia	67	Married	–	Netherlands	–	M 50⁺	Oncology	Academic hospital	F 50⁺ haematologist F 30⁺ trainee haematologist	–
7	M 50⁺	Lung cancer	35	Single	Buddhist	Netherlands	Sister 50⁺	F 50⁺	Geriatrics, palliative care	Hospice	–	M 30⁺
8	F 80⁺	Colon cancer	5	Widow	Catholic	Netherlands	–	M 50⁺	Palliative care	Hospice	F 40⁺ oncologist	–
9	M 60⁺	Mesothe- lioma	54	Married	–	Netherlands	Wife 50⁺	F 50⁺	–	Hospice	M 30⁺ pulmonologist M 60⁺ anaesthesiologist	–
10	M 70⁺	Esophagus cancer	19	Widower	–	Netherlands	Daughter-in-law 40⁺	F 40⁺	–	Hospice	F 40⁺ elderly care	F 30⁺
11	F 50⁺	Lung cancer	63	Divorced	Protestant	Netherlands	Sister 40⁺	F 50⁺	Palliative care	Hospice	F 50⁺ elderly care M 40⁺ trainee elderly care F 30⁺ pulmonologist	–
12	M 80⁺	Stomach cancer	117	Widower	Reformed	Netherlands	Son 40⁺	F 50⁺	Palliative care	Hospice	F 30⁺ trainee elderly care	–
13	M 60⁺	Esophagus cancer	54	Married	–	Netherlands	–	–	–	–	F 40⁺ oncologist	M 30⁺
14	M 90⁺	Cardiac failure	96	Widower	–	Germany	Daughter 60⁺	F 50⁺	Geriatrics	Nursing home	M 20⁺ trainee cardiology	F 40⁺
15	F 70⁺	Mouth cancer	43	Married	–	Netherlands	Female friend 70⁺	F 40⁺	–	Home care	–	M 50⁺
16	F 60⁺	Lung cancer	31	Married	Catholic	Netherlands	–	–	–	–	F 30⁺ trainee pulmonologist	M 40⁺
17	F 40⁺	ALS	***	Married	Catholic	France	Son#	F 50⁺	#	Home care	M 30⁺ rehabilitation specialist	F 30⁺ trainee
18	M 80⁺	Old age, cardiac failure, COPD	***	Married	Catholic	Netherlands	Daughter 50⁺	F 40⁺	Occupational therapy	Home care	–	M 40⁺

M Male, F Female

ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

^a Age given in ranges: 20⁺: 20–29 years; 30⁺: 30–39 years etc.

**Could not be interviewed

***Survival longer than 6 months

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