The expression of ultimate life goals in co-creative art processes with palliative cancer patients

BMC Palliative Care

Table 2 Participating patients, artists and patient-artist dyads

Patient	Age	Gender	Worldview	Cancer diagnosis	Artist	Age	Gender
1	45	Female	Catholic	Cervical cancer	Visual artist (A)	38	Female
2	71	Female	Multiple religious belonging^a, elements of Buddhism	Cholangio cancer	Scenographer (B)	50	Female
3	57	Female	Multiple religious belonging	Bile duct cancer	Visual artist (A)	38	Female
4	59	Female	Multiple religious belonging, elements of Buddhism	Colon cancer	Musician (C)	43	Male
5	66	Male	Multiple religious belonging	Oesophagus cancer	Musician (D)	45	Male
6	81	Male	Catholic	Oesophagus cancer	Musician (D)	45	Male
7	55	Female	Multiple religious belonging, native American spirituality	Pancreatic cancer	Scenographer (E)	50	Female
8	61	Female	Catholic but not actively worshipping	Breast cancer	Visual artist (F)	64	Male
9	68	Female	Multiple religious belonging, catholic upbringing	Rectal cancer	Visual artist (G)	52	Female
10	64	Female	Multiple religious belonging, catholic upbringing	Neck cancer	Scenographer (B)	50	Female

^aMultiple religious belonging is a broad term describing one’s beliefs originate from multiple religions [25]

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