Thirst or dry mouth in dying patients?—A qualitative study of palliative care physicians’ experiences

• Maria Friedrichsen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: maria.friedrichsen@regionostergotland.se

  Affiliations Palliative Education and Research Centre, Vrinnevi Hospital, Norrköping, Sweden, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9606-3238

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• Caroline Lythell,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Palliative Education and Research Centre, Vrinnevi Hospital, Norrköping, Sweden, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Tiny Jaarsma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Pier Jaarsma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Society and Health, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Helene Ångström,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Palliative Education and Research Centre, Vrinnevi Hospital, Norrköping, Sweden

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• Micha Milovanovic,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Department of Internal Medicine, Vrinnevi Hospital, Norrköping, Sweden

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• Marit Karlsson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Anna Milberg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Palliative Education and Research Centre, Vrinnevi Hospital, Norrköping, Sweden, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8828-0702

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• Hans Thulesius,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medicine and Optometry, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden, Region Kronoberg, Växjö, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3785-5630

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• Christel Hedman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, R & D Department, Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4183-7598

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• Nana Waldréus,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, Theme Inflammation and Aging, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden

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• Anne Söderlund Schaller

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Pain and Rehabilitation Centre, Linköping, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0380-3365

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