Table 1: Wards and professional Status of the Interviewees in Each Specialty Type

Specialty Type Wards (# of Interviews) Interviewees' Professional Status
Non-surgical General internal medicine (two), gastroenterology (two), nephrology (three), hematology (four), pulmonology (one), psychiatry (one), metabolic diseases (one), and pediatrics (two) Six attending physicians, two residents, two head nurses, and six practicing nurses
Surgical General surgery (three), urology (one), neurosurgery (one), and pediatric surgery (one) An attending surgeon, a surgery resident, a head nurse, and three practicing nurses