Table 4 Overview of the themes and categories
Individualizing the professional approach within the clinical encounter | |||
Engaging with a patient as a person | Encountering the chronic condition | Facilitating a shared understanding of the chronic condition | |
Managing one’s emotions over time | |||
The challenges connected to a long-term relationship | Maintaining professional sympathy | Burden of responsibility | |
Working to maintain professionalism | |||
Striving to achieve the best for the patient | Collaborating with other professionals | Keeping up professional self-esteem | Adjusting to health organizational structures |