Table 1 Focus group interview guide
From: Quality of dying and death desired by residents of Kagawa Prefecture, Japan: a qualitative study
(1) About one’s experience of a familiar person’s death | |
Have you experienced loss of a family member or another familiar person in the past? | |
Did you take care of those who died? | |
Please tell us in detail about your impressions of the end-of-life care in these cases. | |
Have you had had trouble or difficulty in end-of-life care? | |
On the contrary, was there something good or happy that happened? | |
(2) Your thoughts about “desirable death” | |
What do you want to achieve by the time you die? | |
What does a close family member or friend want to happen when death is near? | |
What conditions would make a desirable death? | |
What are your thoughts with respect to satisfaction and self-determination of medical care? | |
What do you think about the cause of death and whether the family feels it was a convincing death? |