Table 2 An overview of themes and subthemes
From: An Ethnographic study of unhealthy alcohol use in a Danish Emergency Department
Themes | Subthemes | |
|---|---|---|
1 | Setting the scene | Patient flow in acute medicine |
A risky environment | ||
Physical spaces and artefacts | ||
2 | The encounter: addressing patients’ alcohol use | Professional differences |
Gut-feeling vs. clinical parameters | ||
Ethical reasoning | ||
From compliance to zero tolerance | ||
3 | Collective repertoires | ”Occupiers” |
“Alcoholic” or “party animal”? |