Table 3.

Case participants and number of interviews per case

Case	Participation in interviews	Number of interviews—conducted individually or as a dyad
1	Patient ‘Sue’	Patient × 2
2	Informal caregiver ‘Sarah’ (friend) GP ‘Sam’	Informal caregiver × 2 GP × 1
3	Informal caregiver one ‘Katie’ (partner) Informal caregiver two ‘Zoe’ (daughter) GP ‘Victor’	Informal caregiver 1 × 2 Informal caregiver 2 × 2 GP × 1
4	Informal caregiver ‘Alice’ (daughter) GP ‘Leo’	Informal caregiver × 1 GP × 1
5	Informal caregiver ‘Emily’ (daughter) District nurse ‘Charlie’	Informal caregiver × 2 Qualified district nurse team leader × 1
6	Patient ‘Louise’	Patient × 2
7	Patient ‘Liam’ Informal caregiver ‘Amelia’ (partner)	Patient and informal caregiver together × 1 Informal caregiver × 1 (after patient’s death)
8	Informal caregiver ‘Mark’ (grandson)	Informal caregiver × 2
9	Patient ‘Joe’ Informal caregiver ‘Kim’ (partner) Palliative care nurse ‘Gail’	Patient and informal caregiver together × 1 Palliative care nurse × 1
10	‘Abby’ (patient)	Patient × 2
11	Patient ‘Dylan’ Informal caregiver ‘Freya’ (partner) Palliative care nurse ‘Lana’	Patient and informal caregiver together × 1 Informal caregiver × 1 (after patient’s death) Palliative care nurse × 1