Table 1

Participant demographics (N=107)

Participant characteristicNurses
N=42
Executives
N=29
Physicians
N=20
Other
N=16
Overall
N=107
Overall distribution by profession (%)39271915100
Sex (n)
 Female402991290
 Male211417
Number of years in current role (n)
 0–5171161145
 6–101171120
 11–15531-9
 16–2041218
 21–3031419
 Unknown266216
Affiliation, region or Local Health Integration Network (n)
 Brockville and District Hospice Palliative Care Service/South East LHIN532111
 Cambridge Palliative Care Team1113
 Central LHIN Palliative Care Team4318
 Guelph Palliative Care Team11
 Hamilton Central (HNHB LHIN)271212
 Kitchener-Waterloo Palliative Care Team3115
 Mississauga Halton LHIN3328
 Niagara North Palliative Care Team22127
 Niagara West Palliative Care Team333110
 Pain and Symptom Management Consultation Service (PPSMCS), Champlain LHIN3137
 Stedman Palliative Care Outreach Team, Brantford424212
 Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care (TLCPC) Team, Toronto11215
 Toronto Central LHIN711211
 Upper Grand Wellington Palliative Care Team3317
Total42292016107