Treatment Collaboration When the Stakes Are High

Family-centered care (FCC) is vital for children with special health-care needs and serious chronic illnesses. Family–clinician collaboration and partnership formation are key FCC elements associated with improved health outcomes. However, FCC implementation barriers persist. Although some ethnograp...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of patient experience 2018-06, Vol.5 (2), p.72-82
Hauptverfasser: Michalopoulou Georgia, Briller Sherylyn, Katzer, Kimberly Compton, Muklewicz Kaitlin C, Wasiluk, Julia, Crider, Beverly, Myers-Schim, Stephanie, Secord, Elizabeth
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Zusammenfassung:Family-centered care (FCC) is vital for children with special health-care needs and serious chronic illnesses. Family–clinician collaboration and partnership formation are key FCC elements associated with improved health outcomes. However, FCC implementation barriers persist. Although some ethnographic research examines how FCC principles align with practice in inpatient settings, more studies are needed in outpatient specialty clinics. Using an FCC-oriented research team (clinicians, social science researchers, and families) blended multidisciplinary clinical knowledge and family/patient expertise with chronic illness. Our ethnographic study in a high-risk asthma outpatient clinic examined how FCC principles align with clinical practice, identified factors affecting partnership, and compared our findings to a large ethnographic study in an inpatient setting. Qualitative data from direct observation of 14 families with lengthy clinic visits were analyzed. Codes were applied to themes using FCC principles. Clinic visits had interactional and contextual elements that both aligned and misaligned with key FCC principles: information sharing, respect, participation, and collaboration. Recommendations for advancing FCC are outlined, and the importance of this step in light of ongoing health disparities is addressed.
ISSN:2374-3735
2374-3743
2374-3743
2374-3735
DOI:10.1177/2374373517723322