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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Expect. 2013 Dec 4;18(5):1672–1685. doi: 10.1111/hex.12160
P: We’ve been debating going to [city/state] but I’ll tell you, the whole idea of the trip and all just is exhausting to me.
D: You know, if you decide to do it, break down and allow somebody to meet you at the gates and use a cart or wheelchair to get you to your next gate and things like that. And having just sent my father-in-law off to [city/state] and told him he had to do that he said no, no, I can get there. Just, it’s okay. [Emphasis, softening of voice.] Nobody is gonna look at you and say what’s that able bodied man doing in a cart. Just… it’s okay. It’s part of setting limits. [Softening of voice]
P: Is your father-in-law gonna use the wheelchair?
D: I can’t remember what my husband said. I think they arranged but only under protest.
P: Yeah. I know.
[Patient 520, Physician 420]