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Table 1 Overview over themes and subthemes that emerged in the interview text

From: The power of consoling presence - hospice nurses’ lived experience with spiritual and existential care for the dying

Themes

Subthemes

Consolation

Consoling through Silence

Consoling through Conversation

Religious Consolation

Sensing

Sensing existential and spiritual distress

Tuning in and opening up

Sensing the atmosphere in the room

Being moved and touched