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  • Bioethics

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  • High-stakes decisions are common for infants with neurologic conditions.
  • Understanding the decision-making process is crucial for optimizing care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize the decision-making process in family conferences for infants with neurologic conditions.
  • To identify key domains and the role of values exchange in these decisions.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal mixed methods study involving infants, parents, and clinicians.
  • Audio recording and directed content analysis of 68 family conferences.
  • Focus on treatment decisions and the exchange of medical and values-based information.

Main Results:

  • Four key domains identified: medical information exchange, values-based exchange, therapeutic partnership, and integration of values.
  • Parent-initiated values discussion occurred in 83% of relevant conferences.
  • Integration of family values into decisions occurred in approximately half of conferences, with one-third lacking values discussion.

Conclusions:

  • Opportunities exist to enhance interventions promoting values discussion in pediatric neurologic care.
  • Improving the integration of family values into infant care decisions is essential.
  • Strengthening the therapeutic partnership can optimize shared decision-making.