Components of a good death | Attributes of a good death | Proportion (%) | Difference from pharmacists (%)a | ||
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Pharmacists | Patients | Oncologists | Oncology nurses | ||
Fighting against cancer | Fighting against disease until one’s last moment | 22 | + 59 | − 3 | + 8 |
Not being a burden to others | Not making trouble for others | 39 | + 48 | + 29 | + 17 |
Fighting against cancer | Living as long as possible | 19 | + 44 | 0 | + 5 |
Pride and beauty | Not exposing one’s physical and mental weakness to anyone else | 22 | + 44 | + 4 | + 8 |
Religious and spiritual comfort | Feeling that one is protected by higher power beyond oneself | 19 | + 30 | + 1 | + 8 |
Unawareness of death | Dying without awareness that one is dying | 20 | + 29 | + 1 | + 4 |
Unawareness of death | Not being informed of bad news | 18 | + 22 | − 5 | + 4 |
Religious and spiritual comfort | Having faith | 11 | + 20 | + 8 | + 6 |