Conceptualising paediatric advance care planning: a qualitative phenomenological study of paediatricians caring for children with life-limiting conditions in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Advance care planning (ACP) helps families and paediatricians prepare and plan for end-of-life decision-making. However, there remains inconsistency in its practice with the limited literature describing what this preparation involves, and whether paediatricians recognise a difference between the process of ACP and its outcomes, such as resuscitation plans. This study aims to understand how paediatricians conceptualise ACP when caring for children with life-limiting conditions (LLC) who are unable to participate in decision-making for his/herself.

Design

Individual, semistructured, vignette-based qualitative interviews.

Setting

Acute inpatient and long-term outpatient paediatric care in three secondary and two tertiary centres in Victoria, Australia.

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SUBMITTER: Vemuri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9115011 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature