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Table 4 Oncologist presents medical evidence

From: Oncologist responses to advanced cancer patients’ lived illness experiences and effects: an applied conversation analysis study

1.

P:

((sniffs))

2.

 

(2.5) ((cries)) and how (.) how long do I still have, ((cries))

3.

 

(2.0) ((cries)) it won’t be long, ((cries))

4.

 

(3.9) ((cries)) it won’t be long anymore I think ((cries))

5.

O:

no that’s what I think too;

6.

P:

((sniffs))

7.

O:

(3.2) but I re- really think that if I thought that we with

8.

 

immunotherapy, that it really(.4) could beautifully lengthen it,

9.

 

I would start tomorrow;

10.

 

(2.5) but I think that we tha-

11.

 

((coughs))

12.

 

because (.) we can’t do that;