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Children's consent to treatment: using a scale to assess degree of self-determination

I Runeson1, G Elander, G Hermerén

  • 1Department of Medical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Pediatric Nursing
|May 25, 2002
PubMed

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Hospitalized children

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Healthcare
  • Child Psychology
  • Medical Ethics

Background:

  • Growing debate on "best interest of the child" decisions.
  • Increasing emphasis on incorporating children's voices in healthcare.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify situations in pediatric medical and nursing care where children's voices were included or excluded.
  • To analyze the extent of self-determination granted to hospitalized children.

Main Methods:

  • Interviews with 26 hospitalized children (ages 6-17) and 21 parents.
  • Analysis of 100 identified situations using a five-level self-determination instrument.

Main Results:

  • Identified opportunities for children's self-determination in daily hospital care.
  • Found that healthcare staff, to varying degrees, respected children's choices regarding their health.

Conclusions:

  • Opportunities exist to enhance child self-determination in pediatric healthcare settings.
  • Acknowledging and acting on children's preferences is feasible and practiced to some extent.

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