Parent and Clinician Perspectives on Challenging Parent-Clinician Relationships in Pediatric Oncology.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Parents of children with cancer value strong therapeutic relationships with oncology clinicians, but not every relationship is positive.

Objective

To identify the prevalence of challenging parent-clinician relationships in pediatric oncology and factors associated with these challenges from parent and clinician perspectives.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey was conducted among parents and oncology clinicians of children with cancer within 3 months of diagnosis from November 2015 to July 2019 at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital. Participants were 400 parents of children with cancer and 80 clinicians (ie, oncology physicians and nurse practitioners). Parents completed surveys about relationship

SUBMITTER: Mack JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8600390 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature