Family member characteristics (N=31)
| N=31 Interviews | |
| Days from patient death to interview, median (IQR) | 70 (33–117) |
| Interview type, n (%) | |
| Face-to-face | 24 (77.4) |
| 1 (3.2) | |
| Phone | 6 (19.4) |
| N=37 Family members interviewed | |
| Relationship to patient, n (%) | |
| Spouse | 4 (10.8) |
| Partner | 2 (5.4) |
| Friend | 2 (5.4) |
| Sibling | 5 (13.5) |
| Parent | 4 (10.8) |
| Child | 15 (40.5) |
| Other (son-in-law, daughter-in-law, nephew, niece) | 5 (13.5) |
| Age, mean (SD) years | 55.6 (12.9) |
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Female | 23 (62.2) |
| Male | 14 (37.8) |
| Spiritual affiliation, n (%) | |
| Agnostic | 4 (10.8) |
| Anglican | 3 (8.1) |
| Baptist | 3 (8.1) |
| Catholic | 11 (29.7) |
| Christian | 4 (10.8) |
| Protestant | 1 (2.7) |
| United | 1 (2.7) |
| None | 7 (18.9) |
| Unknown | 3 (8.1) |