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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 7.

Unexpected Death Trajectory: Negative and Positive Commentary.

Epistemic Commentary Affective commentary
Focus Positive Negative Positive Negative Total
Patient 2 22 24
Self 20 2 8 33 63
Situation 6 6
Dyadic relationship 2 3 5
Medical 1 1 7 11 20
Social: family, friends, groups 5 5
Religion 2 2
Total 21 3 26 75 125

Note. Epistemic positive: Epistemic negative 21:3 = 7:1. Affective negative: Affective positive: 75:26 = 2.9:1.