Table 2 Themes and categories emerging from the preparatory stage
Dimensions | Categories | Examples of text units |
|---|---|---|
Definition of concepts | – | “What is palliative care?” (WQS12) |
Articulation | Palliative care versus curative care | “Does palliative care prevent patients from receiving medical drugs or treatments?” (WQS2) |
Care beneficiaries | – | “Does palliative care act on patients in vegetative condition?” (WQS 4) |
Care timings and timeframe | – | “Are patients in palliative care cared by these teams until death or is there a timeframe?” (WQS 3) |
Organization | – | “How is a palliative care team compounded?” (WQS 1) |
Directories | – | “How is it possible to find palliative care resources?” (WQS13) |
Economic costs | – | “(…) is palliative care cost-free for patients?” (WQS 6) |
Philosophy, practice and meaning(s) | Philosophy and ethics | “Do we have the right to end the life of a person who is between life and death?” (WQS11) |
Meaning(s) | “Is there happiness (…) in palliative care?” (WQS10) | |
Relevance and depth of questions | – | “The questions raised by the teenagers are very interesting, relevant and show some in-depth reflection about palliative care” (RFN1) |
Role of the community catechist | – | “Mr. X, catechist of our community parish, was the inspirer of this education initiative…” (WT) |