. 2020 May 18;7(4):1249–1259. doi: 10.1002/nop2.501

TABLE 1.

Example of the analysis

Meaningful unit	Code	Subtheme	Main theme
I start to look at the person, facial expression, gestures etc. … and do they have the courage to look at you or…and then I carefully start to ask questions to find out what is going on. That is, I wait a little first before I begin to talk.	I start to look at the person, facial expressions etc. I carefully start to ask questions… I wait a little first before I begin to talk…	Using sensitivity to establish a trustful relationship	Safeguarding the vulnerability of the other An example of a quotation categorized under the main theme: “I invest a lot in the first appointment… to provide a sense of security, so that they can trust me and [know] that I know what I am doing and have experience… Ethical competence also has to do with the students being allowed to choose, and to begin by offering their view on their situation, even if I know what I know and have heard what I have heard… and I always try to show that you are important, you can sit here as long as you like. Ethics is also that I try to convey all my knowledge to the patient so that he or she will feel better.”

Meaningful unit

Code

Subtheme

Main theme

I start to look at the person, facial expression, gestures etc. … and do they have the courage to look at you or…and then I carefully start to ask questions to find out what is going on. That is, I wait a little first before I begin to talk.

I start to look at the person, facial expressions etc.

I carefully start to ask questions…

I wait a little first before I begin to talk…

Using sensitivity to establish a trustful relationship

Safeguarding the vulnerability of the other

An example of a quotation categorized under the main theme:

“I invest a lot in the first appointment… to provide a sense of security, so that they can trust me and [know] that I know what I am doing and have experience… Ethical competence also has to do with the students being allowed to choose, and to begin by offering their view on their situation, even if I know what I know and have heard what I have heard… and I always try to show that you are important, you can sit here as long as you like. Ethics is also that I try to convey all my knowledge to the patient so that he or she will feel better.”