Multilevel barriers to communication in pediatric oncology: Clinicians' perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Communication serves several functions in pediatric oncology, but communication deficiencies persist. Little is known about the broad spectrum of barriers contributing to these deficiencies. Identifying these barriers will support new strategies to improve communication.

Methods

The authors performed 10 focus groups on perceived communication barriers with nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, and psychosocial professionals across 2 academic institutions. They analyzed transcripts by adapting a multilevel framework from organizational psychology.

Results

The authors identified 6 levels of barriers to communication from the clinicians' perspectives: individual, team, organization, collaborating hospital, community, and policy. Individual barriers were sub

SUBMITTER: Sisk BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8154640 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature