Table 3.

Verona coding: summary of numbers of patient cues and doctor responses for each doctor-patient pair

Patient	A	B	C	D	E
Orientation	Separation	Integration	Integration	Integration	Integration
Cues	31	53	57	46	33
Concerns	7	1	1	5	7
TOTAL	38	54	58	51	40
Doctor	A	B	C	D	E
Orientation	Separation	Separation	Separation	Marginalization	Marginalization
Providing Space Responses	43	32	49	18	33
Acknowledge content (EPCAc)	23	17	12	12	21
Explore content (EPCEx)	19	15	29	6	10
Acknowledge affect (EPAAc)			3		1
Empathize (EPAEm)	1		1		1
Explore affect (EPAEx)			4
Reducing Space Responses	32	22	12	43	20
Give information/advice (ERIa)	32	20	11	42	20
Switch subject (ERSw)		2
Postpone (ERPp)				1
TOTAL	75	54	61	61	53