Table 1. An example illustrating the analytical process from step 2-4 leading to an excerpt of the position “They are unknown”.
| Highlighted and extracted meaning units from the interview transcripts (step 2) | Subgroup condensates (step 3) | Analytical text (excerpt from the position “They are unknown”) (step 4) |
|---|---|---|
| “They are strangers to me –
pharmacists” “I don´t know much about pharmacists” “….it is a professional group that I know little about. I know little about what they stand for” ”It [the pharmacy] is an unknown world, you know” “I don´t know if I know anyone [pharmacists] well enough to be able to say what is typical [for pharmacists]. “Pharmacists are a resource that is not that easy to get hold of, and there are no natural points of collaboration, as far as I know… It is only these occasional phone calls, that´s when we meet” “Our contact is quite minimal. I can probably count on one hand the number of times that I have been contacted on the phone [by a pharmacist]” “They [pharmacists] are much more distant than for example the homecare nurses. The contact we have is maybe once a month, or it might be even less frequent” |
Subgroup
The pharmacy is a somewhat unknown world. And pharmacists are a professional group that I know little about – they are strangers to me. I don´t know any pharmacists well enough to be able to describe what is a typical pharmacist. Subgroup Pharmacists are a resource that is not that easy to get hold of, and there are no natural points of collaboration, as far as I know. It is only these occasional phone calls, that´s when we meet. Pharmacists are much more distant than for example the homecare nurses, and our contact is quite minimal. |
A common response from the GPs concerning pharmacists is that they have very few opinions about them. The GPs describe having few natural meeting arenas or collaboration opportunities with pharmacists, other than the occasional phone calls. Most of the GPs depict pharmacies as an unknown world, and pharmacists as an occupational group they know little about… |