1. Faculty of Nursing, St Mary’s College, Fukuoka, Japan
2. Department of Psycholoy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
3. Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Palliative Care Team and Seirei Hospice, Seirei Mikatahara Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
4. Department of Palliative Nursing, Health Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
5. Faculty of Nursing, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
6. Department of Palliative Medicine, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan