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Table 1 Question interview framework for religious leaders

From: Religious leaders’ perceptions of advance care planning: a secondary analysis of interviews with Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish, Sikh and Bahá’í leaders

1. What is your current understanding of advance care planning? (ACP clarified if needed)

2. When there is a diagnosis of serious illness, some people prefer to hear about their prognosis and some prefer not to. How appropriate is it in your religion to disclose information about poor prognosis to the ill?

3. When conducting advance care planning conversations with people of your religion, how should health professionals approach the conversation? (How, when, where, whom, what questions might they ask?)

4. What particular language or terminology is appropriate or inappropriate?

5. Advance care planning involves decision making around treatment options. For people in your religious group, who should be in involved in decision making? (family, friends, religious leader)

6. What festivals or rituals might impact advance care planning conversations (celebrations, fasting, special times?)

7. We’d like to hear about the beliefs and rituals around death and dying for people of your religion. What are the particular beliefs? What are the rituals?

8. What other special considerations do health professionals need to be aware of for conducting advance care planning conversations in your religious group? (age, gender, etc.)

9. Is there anything additional you feel would be important for health professionals to know in advance care planning with people from your religious group?