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Main themes from the focus-group interviews.
| Searching for a reason for their illness |
| Prolonged diagnostic process |
| Contradictory and suspicious thoughts regarding the diagnosis |
| Need for compassion and understanding |
| The importance of the doctor-patient relationship |
| Illness and identity |
| Conceptions of the treatment |
