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Table 1 Participants’ views on the reasons there are two clinicians and what they think of it

From: Two clinicians for one patient, is it worth it? Patients’ perspective on receiving treatment from a pair of clinicians, in a psychiatric emergency and crisis unit

Logistical reasons

P

For the patient

 

 For patient convenience

1

For the institution

 

 Lack of time/resources

1

 Internships

1

Clinical/relationship reasons

P

Advantages

 A more comprehensive understanding of the patient’s issues

7

 Continuity of care

3

 Added value of contrasting characters

2

 To have a good relationship with at least one clinician

1

 Positive influence of one clinician on the other, to enhance the treatment

1

 Two clinicians listen better than one

1

 Less stressful to talk to two clinicians

1

 Possibility to adapt the setting (1 or 2 clinicians) to the patient’s illness severity

1

Disadvantages

 Uneasy to share one’s feelings and thoughts with several people

2

 Disconcerting to have to interact with different people

1

 Tiring to repeat things to the different clinicians

1

 Lack of trust in the nursing profession, consequently in this setting

1

  1. P: number of participants who referred to each item