2. Method

Advisor groups

A multidisciplinary group of advisors were recruited to review the questionnaires and associated casenotes of the patients that died on the ICU. The groups of advisors comprised of intensive care physicians, general physicians, nurses and pathologists.

For each case reviewed, the advisor completed a separate questionnaire, the questionnaire assessment form (QAF), which is shown in Appendix 3. This allowed both quantitative and qualitative analysis of the advisor’s opinion.