Table 2.

Patients’ and family’s emotional cues.

Category of Emotional Cue	Patient	Family Members
Nonverbal emotional distress Observed, N (%) Sample behaviors	6 (24%) Frowning Crying Shaking voices	7 (28%) Sobbing Fidgeting
Verbal emotional distress Observed, N (%) Sample quotes	5 (20%) Worried about being a burden to his wife. Do not want to receive any treatment (including hospice treatment). Do not want to go back home.	5 (20%) Worried about withdrawal of treatment. Ask questions about withdraw of treatment repeatedly. Can we deal with unexpected situations?
Positive emotion expression Observed, N (%) Sample behaviors	2 (8%) Smiling	2 (8%) Smiling Happily waving towards the camera