A pattern language of compassion in intensive care and palliative care contexts

BMC Palliative Care

Table 1 Participant backgrounds and contributions

Participant^a	Role	Number of reflective field notes
		Total	Palliative Care				ICU
			A	B	C	D	a	b	c	d
P1	Physician, critical care	20	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	11
P2	Physician, critical care	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
P3	Nurse practitioner, critical care	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
P4	Physician, palliative care	13	1	0	1	11	0	0	0	0
P5	Physician, palliative care	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
P6	Nurse clinician, palliative care	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Total		58	10	1	1	21	26	9	1	11

^aOne of the participants works in both ICU and palliative care settings and was assigned a different participant number for each setting to preserve anonymity. ICU – intensive care unit. A – Palliative care unit, 1500 bed hospital; B – Palliative care consult service, 1500 bed hospital; C – Palliative care consult service, 650 bed hospital; D – Palliative care consult service, 269 bed hospital; a – ICU, 28 bed unit; b – ICU, 18 bed unit; c – ICU, 10 bed unit; d – ICU, 10 bed unit

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