1. Department of Palliative Medicine, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
2. Division of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.
3. Research Association for Community Health, Hamamatsu, Japan.
4. Seirei Hospice, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
5. Department of Human Health Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
6. Department of Palliative Care, Senri-Chuo Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
7. Department of Palliative Medicine, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan.
8. Department of Palliative Medicine, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
9. Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, St. Mary's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
10. Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
11. Department of Palliative Care, Daini Kyoritsu Hospital, Kawanishi, Japan.