Figure 1

Framework guiding analyses. ^aReferring to the assessment at eight weeks after admission, or ((3), (4) and (7)) the period between admission and eight weeks after admission. ^bMid-way study, for proximity to family assessment throughout the data collection period, or, for newly employed physicians, soon after being employed. ^cPossible mediators (a) and (b) are factors related to (more balanced) families’ decision making as described by the theoretical model of Caron et al.[5].