Smart, vulnerable, playful or just disturbing: A discourse analysis of child involvement in palliative care
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Hogstad, I.J. & Jansen, A. (2020). Smart, vulnerable, playful or just disturbing: A discourse analysis of child involvement in palliative care. Childhood, 27(4),468-482. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568220918910 https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568220918910Sammendrag
In Scandinavian countries, health professionals are legally obliged to involve patients’ minor children. A growing field of research focuses on the support to, and needs and experiences of, these children. We add to previous research by analysing discourse in qualitative interviews with nurses and doctors in Norwegian public palliative health care. The analysis identifies four interpretative repertoires picturing the child in different ways and defining possibilities for what health professionals can say and do regarding child involvement.
Keywords: child involvement, discourse analysis, health professionals, interpretative repertoires, palliative care, parental death