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Table 4 Characteristics of GP-patient-relationship: categories

From: What role does the GP play for emergency department utilizers? A qualitative exploration of respiratory patients’ perspectives in Berlin, Germany

Positive and supportive

• Strong emphasis on favorable aspects of doctor-patient-relationship

• Interviewees relate positive experiences

Ambivalent

• Relationship has both positive and negative facets

• Mixed experiences

Aversive

• Relationship is primarily experienced and depicted as negative