Table 2.

GPs’ Free-Texts (Examples)

“Getting started was a problem”

“Addressing spirituality directly was difficult because it is a very intimate part of the patient”

“Beginning the spiritual history, explaining to the patient what is meant by spirituality, without him or her feeling confronted”

“The academic approach to spirituality is difficult for me”

“So far I have never addressed spirituality so forcefully”

“Throwing the first stone into the water was hard”

“Documentation was the most difficult part”

“Self-awareness! Yet, who dares to think aloud, learns quite a bit about himself/herself”

“I had no problems whatsoever”