About the Authors

Sonja Hofmann

sonja.hofmann@uk-erlangen.de

Affiliation Department of Palliative Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, CCC Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich- Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

Stephanie Hess

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, CCC Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

Carsten Klein

Affiliation Department of Palliative Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, CCC Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich- Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

Gabriele Lindena

Affiliation Clinical Analysis, Research and Application (CLARA), Kleinmachnow, Germany

Lukas Radbruch

Affiliation Department of Palliative Medicine, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Christoph Ostgathe

Affiliation Department of Palliative Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, CCC Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich- Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: S. Hofmann CO. Data curation: S. Hofmann. Formal analysis: S. Hofmann. Investigation: S. Hofmann. Methodology: S. Hofmann. Project administration: S. Hofmann. Resources: GL. Supervision: CO LR. Validation: S. Hofmann. Visualization: S. Hofmann CK. Writing – original draft: S. Hofmann. Writing – review & editing: S. Hofmann S. Hess CK GL LR CO.