Table 1. Demographic information of the patients
Case Age Gender Disease Stage Death Caregiver Attending participants
1 80s F Heart failure     - k
2 70s M Malignant lymphoma Terminal ‡ Wife e
3 80s M Gastric cancer Terminal † Daughter l
4 80s F Dementia, heart failure Terminal ‡ Husband f
5 80s M Stroke   Wife m
6 80s M Renal failure, uremia Terminal ‡ - g
7 40s M Alzheimer’s dementia   Parents n
8 80s F Heart failure, dementia   Husband a
9 90s M Renal failure, uremia Terminal ‡ Daughter b
10 80s M Gastric cancer Terminal † Son o
11 80s M Laryngeal cancer Terminal ‡ Daughter i, j, p, c
12 60s M Pancreatic cancer Terminal ‡ Wife q
13 70s M Gastric cancer   - d
14 80s M Heart failure Terminal ‡ Son r
15 70s M Leukemia Terminal ‡ Wife s
16 80s F Pancreatic cancer Terminal † Husband h

All the patients were Japanese. †Death during overnight stay. ‡Death within 7 days after the program

The Institutional Review Board approved this study at Gifu University. The principles of the World Medical Association and the Declaration of Helsinki were applied to this study. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants of this study. All participants were informed that the participation is voluntary, their comments would be kept anonymous, and their quotations would be included in the paper.

All the patients were Japanese. †Death during overnight stay. ‡Death within 7 days after the program

 Int J Med Educ. 2020; 11:146-154; doi: 10.5116/ijme.5f01.c78f