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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hous Elderly. 2009 Jan;23(1-2):92–105. doi: 10.1080/02763890802665007

TABLE 2.

Frequencies of Backstage Communicative Messages in Hospice Interdisciplinary Team Meetings

Behavior Number of Turns Percent
Formal reporting 234 34.5
Offering of impressions 112 16.5
Request for clarification 100 14.7
Offering of information 83 12.2
Clinical progress 50 7.4
Request for opinion 41 6.0
Life talk—team members 22 3.2
Life talk—patient 19 2.8
Organizational issues 12 1.8
Handling interruptions 2 0.3
Reinforcement of a message 2 0.3
Troubles talk 1 0.1