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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 19.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Health Res. 2019 Apr 23;29(12):1794–1809. doi: 10.1177/1049732319840283

Table 6.

Mixed Death Trajectory: Negative and Positive Commentary.

Epistemic Commentary Affective Commentary
Focus Positive Negative Positive Negative Total
Patient 10 8 18
Self 37 8 8 28 81
Situation 14 14
Dyadic relationship 1 1 1 3
Medical 4 10 16 30
Social: family, friends, groups 9 9
Religion 6 6
Total 42 8 44 67 161

Note. Epistemic positive: Epistemic negative 42:8 = 5.25:1. Affective negative: Affective positive: 67:44 = 1.5:1.