Figure 1

Framework of the methodology and participating palliative physicians. All palliativists from Mexico were invited to participate in this study. Of these, 30 accepted the invitation and signed their informed consent. In the initial stage physicians answered the first questionnaire (structured survey), which provides the demographic information of the participants and examines the values of the clinical practice, life history and the doctor-patient relationship, among other things. The open answers of the participants in this survey were codified to carry out the axiological analysis. The results of this analysis are shown in Figure 3. In the second stage, the palliative physicians were asked to narrate an ethical dilemma and to analyse it using the integral method. At this point, the participation of the palliative physicians ended. The narrations were codified in order to identify the most prominent values and virtues at work (Figures 3 and 5). A bank of dilemmas was created.