Parental Decision-Making and Deaf Children: A Systematic Literature Review.

ABSTRACT: Parents or caregivers of children who are deaf or hard of hearing are required to make complex and rational decisions soon after the confirmation of hearing loss. Ways of facilitating decision-making have been a focus within the healthcare sector for two decades and shared decision-making is now widely viewed as the standard for good clinical care. A systematic literature review was undertaken to identify the extent to which the principles of shared decision-making and informed choice have been implemented for parents when they make decisions related to their children with permanent hearing loss. Five databases were searched for peer-reviewed papers describing the results of original research published from 2000 to 2017, yielding 37 relevant papers. Studies were reviewed using the three ph

SUBMITTER: Porter A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6455895 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature