Decision-making experiences of health professionals in withdrawing treatment for children and young people: A qualitative study.
Child Care Health Dev
; 48(4): 531-543, 2022 07.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To explore factors that influence professionals in deciding whether to withdraw treatment from a child and how decision making is managed amongst professionals as an individual and as a team. STUDYDESIGN:
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of health professionals working at a UK Children's Hospital, with children with life-limiting illnesses whose treatment has been withdrawn. Data were transcribed verbatim, anonymized and analysed using a thematic framework method.RESULTS:
A total of 15 participants were interviewed. Five interrelated themes with associated subthemes were generated to help understand the experiences of health professionals in decision making on withdrawing a child's treatment (1) understanding the child's best interests, (2) multidisciplinary approach, (3) external factors, (4) psychological well-being and (5) recommendations to support shared decision making.CONCLUSION:
A shared decision-making approach should be adopted to support professionals, children and their families to make decisions collectively.Palabras clave
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Padres
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Relaciones Profesional-Familia
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
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En
Año:
2022
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Article