Exploring pathways to optimise care in malignant bowel obstruction (EPOC): Protocol for a three-phase critical realist approach to theory-led intervention development for shared decision-making

• Alison Bravington ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: alison.bravington@hyms.ac.uk

  Affiliation Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0680-2093

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• Jason W. Boland,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

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• Sarah Greenley,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3788-6437

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• Michael Lind,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

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• Fliss E.M. Murtagh,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

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• Michael Patterson,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

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• Mark Pearson,

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

  Affiliation Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7628-7421

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• Miriam J. Johnson

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6204-9158

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