Towards understanding problems in the parent –practitioner relationship when a child has cancer: meta‐synthesis of the qualitative literature

ConclusionsThe current literature gives little attention to how interpersonal problems with practitioners may reflect the emotional needs of parents. Understanding these problems as an expression of the distress and fear parents experienced because of their child's condition may offer new ways of helping parents. Future research needs to address the limitations of previous studies, including ensuring that the study design and analysis allow contextual factors and intrapersonal factors to be explored, and that researchers are open to their perspectives being altered by their data.
Source: Psycho-Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research