Table 1. Category, sub-categories and sub-sub categories .
Category | Sub-categories | Sub- sub categories |
Patient-centered emotional discourse | Using verbal and non-verbal language to express feeling | - Expressing compassion with nonverbal emotional behavior - Using verbal skills to convey feelings - Expressing feelings using literary terms, poetry and humor |
Doing empathy activities | - Emotional support for the patient - Emotional deep action -Ability to enter the others’ personal world |
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Organizing patient centered care | - Establishing favorable conditions for patient-centered care - Creating a secure interpersonal communication atmosphere - creating a supportive-collaborative care atmosphere |
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Adhering to the cultural context | - Impartial attention to cultural-based religious and spiritual beliefs - Solidarity with subcultures - Adherence to the culture of the community in dealing with the opposite sex |