Table 2.

Interview guideline

Questions
1. What comes to your mind when you hear the word death of a patient?
2. Have you ever thought about patients’ death during your clinical practice? (If “yes”, ask their feelings and thoughts).
3. Tell me about your experience with the patient’s death.
4. Could you describe one of patients’ death scene that impressed you most?
5. What were your feelings at patients’ death time?
6. What were your feelings after a patients’ death?
7. Did you have any changes after experiencing patients’ death? (If “yes”, ask their changes in thoughts and daily life)
8. What did you do to cope the death experience?
9. What did you need after experiencing the most impressive patients’ death?
10. Do you think there is another question I should have asked and do you have a question for me?