About the Authors

Mariko Shutoh

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

shut44105m@gmail.com

Affiliation Minato Home Care Clinic, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Tatsuya Morita

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Maho Aoyama

Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Palliative Nursing, Health Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan,

Yoshiyuki Kizawa

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Palliative Medicine, Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Yasuo Shima

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Palliative Medicine, Tsukuba Medical Center Foundation, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Mitsunori Miyashita

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Palliative Nursing, Health Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan,

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.