Agreeing
Interviewee 3	‘The life slowly ebbed away (…) It was a peaceful end.’ (after personal experience with palliative sedation therapy as a relative)
Interviewee 13	‘I found it humane, once he received the medication. (…) You have time to say goodbye (…) he is only put to sleep and died naturally.’ (after personal experience with palliative sedation therapy as a relative)
Interviewee 18	‘Why should you, whatever the cost (…) want to get food in using drips, tubes and equipment?’
Interviewee 20	‘I think it’s good (...) if someone has so much pain and he cannot recover, why should you not help them by reducing the pain? When you know for sure that he will die.’
Disagreeing
Interviewee 6	‘I don’t agree with it at all (…) the delay; you could just as well stop directly.’
Interviewee 7	‘I see the person’s life slowly ebbing away. It takes longer and I feel it is a degrading thing to do.’
Interviewee 10	‘I believe it is degrading actually (…) I see it as suffering (…) really terrible. Also for everyone involved.’
Interviewee 12	Interviewer:‘In your view, is this prolonging things?’
	Interviewee:‘Yes, then the family also hasn’t anything to gain from the relative just lying on bed. Yes, I wonder what we are doing.’