The text was analysed using a content analysis method and categorised into themes and subthemes that described the attitudes and experiences of family members of patients that died in an acute medical ward or in a nursing home.
Textinn var flokkaður samkvæmt innihaldi og sameinaður í yfir og undirþemu sem lýstu viðhorfum og reynslu aðstandenda sem misstu ástvin á bráðalegudeildum eða á öldrunarheimili.