Family-clinician interactions in children's health services: a secondary analysis of occupational therapists' practice descriptions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective family-clinician interactions are important for good health outcomes. Two types of interactions are consistently recommended: relational (e.g. listening, empathy, and respect) and participatory (e.g. shared decision-making, planning and problem-solving), but there is little specific guidance on how to implement these interactions in practice.

Objective

To identify specific, practice-based examples of relational and participatory family-clinician interactions in children's occupational therapy.

Design

A qualitative secondary analysis was used. The data consisted of a list of occupational therapists' self-reported practice actions (n = 217) and direct quotes describing their content and context. The practice actions were categorized into a range of

SUBMITTER: McAnuff J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5810711 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature