Triadic communication in the primary care paediatric consultation: a review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children aged 6-12 years are usually seen in primary care with an adult carer. It is a government and professional priority for doctors to try and involve these children in their medical consultations.

Aim

To ascertain the evidence available on the amount and type of involvement that children in the 6-12 year age group have in their primary care consultations when the consultation was held with a child, a GP, and an adult.

Design of the study

Literature review.

Method

Data sources included MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, and ERIC, The Cochrane library, PsychINFO, Web of Science and Wilson's Social Science abstracts, hand searching for references, and contact with authors.

Results

Twenty-one studies were selected for inclusion in the study. Children w

SUBMITTER: Cahill P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2169315 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature