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.