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.