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Themes, sub-themes and categories |
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Sub-themes |
Category/Spiritual |
Category/Psychosocial |
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Personal experience of the meeting |
The experience of speaking |
experience of review (meaning/purpose) experience of being open (deepening of relationship which goes beyond social engagement) |
topics covered/inhibitors to openness/experience of being open/value of speaking in group (communication, social well-being) |
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How they felt |
perceived feelings/getting realistic (emotional wellbeing) |
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New understandings |
of self/family members/family unit (deepening of relationship which goes beyond social engagement) |
of self/family members/family unit (communication, social well-being) |
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Personal outcomes |
Freedom to speak |
said things would not have said/freer (deepening of relationship which goes beyond social engagement) |
said things would not have said/freer (communication) |
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Personal changes |
specific changes eg faith, closure past hurts & guilt (relationship to higher power, meaning) |
Talking more openly with a child (communication) |
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Make a contribution |
help research/other families/self/own family (finding meaning & purpose) |
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Observations of others' experience |
Openness |
conservative but loosened up/courage to be open/as open as they could be (for some deepening of relationship which goes beyond social engagement) |
conservative but loosened up/courage to be open/as open as they could be (communication & social well-being) |
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Feelings |
comfortable/emotional/painful (emotional well-being) |
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New understanding |
they understand better/learnt a lot (for some deepening of relationship which goes beyond social engagement) |
they understand better/learnt a lot (social well-being) |
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Other comment |
definite benefit/initially sceptical (social well-being) |
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Observations of experience & out-comes for family unit |
Impact on speaking together in future |
reminded of the value of speaking more openly (for some deepening of relationship which goes beyond social engagement) |
reminded of the value of this/broke the ice/sense of achievement/no change (social well-being) |
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Impact on relationships |
new ways of being together/new awareness/understanding (for some deepening of relationship which goes beyond social engagement) |
strengthened family bond/new ways of being together/new awareness/understanding/reunion (social well-being) |
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Impact on feelings |
more comfortable together/overall felt better (emotional well-being) |
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Impact on grieving process |
may make it easier/give a different focus (meaning) |
may make it easier/give a different focus (emotional well-being) |
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Meeting facilitation |
Experience of facilitation |
how they felt about it/impact of facilitation (social & emotional well-being) |
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Qualities needed for facilitation |
general qualities/handling problems/'outsider' (for some deepening of relationship which goes beyond social engagement) |
general qualities/handling problems/'outsider' (social & emotional well-being) |
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How it could have been different |
Who was present |
Number/other family members/children (potential impact) |
Number/other family members/children (potential impact) |
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More meetings |
Yes/doubtful (potential impact) |
Yes/doubtful (potential impact) |
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Meeting timing |
Earlier/later/just right (potential impact) |
Earlier/later/just right (potential impact) |
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Needs not met by meeting |
Need to talk 1 on 1/things couldn't say at meeting (potential impact) |
Need to talk 1 on 1/things couldn't say at meeting (potential impact) |
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Other meeting aspects |
Place/style/hear more from others (potential impact) |
Place/style/hear more from others (potential impact) |
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General applicability of the family meeting |
Who would benefit |
everyone/only in special circumstances/not for all (potential impact) |
everyone/only in special circumstances/not for all (potential impact) |
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Promoting it |
general comments/specific means (potential impact) |
general comments/specific means (potential impact) |
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Tan et al. BMC Palliative Care 2011 10:7 doi:10.1186/1472-684X-10-7 |
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