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Chapter 7: Findings

7.1 Introduction This chapter discusses the findings arising from the data analysis discussed in Chapters 5 and 6. The framework for discussion in this chapter refers to the social world/arenas map presented in the previous chapter (see Figure 6.8). The chapter commences by discussing the findings with reference to the each of the groups in the health actors’ arena, followed by the findings in relation to the groups in the actors’ arena. Having discussed these two arenas, which together constitute the healthcare systems arena, the concluding discussions focuses on the findings concerning the elements in the non human arena. When analytically reviewing the transcript data of the remote general nurses, it quickly became apparent that there existed some reoccurring personal characteristics shared by the different individuals interviewed. In this chapter, in which the interviews are discussed, these characteristics are identified. These characteristics form part of the major findings in the discussion chapter (Chapter 9). 7.2 Groups Within the Remote Nurse’s Social World of Delivering Mental Healthcare The health actors’ arena represents those groups that directly interact and assist remote nurses in the delivery of mental healthcare. Except for the patient group, all other groups consist of health clinicians. 7.2.1 Remote mental health patients Mental health patients are clearly the most central and important group in the social world and the actors in the health actors’ arena. Even though they are not clinicians, their