Decision‐Making in Paediatric Rehabilitation: Exploring Professionals' and Children's Views on Decision‐Making Involvement |
| |
Authors: | Wenche Bekken |
| |
Affiliation: | Faculty of Social Sciences, Master's Program in Social Work, Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Oslo, Norway |
| |
Abstract: | The article explores the distinction that professionals make between difficult and less difficult decisions in paediatric rehabilitation interventions. This distinction is explored by looking at the involvement of two children in decisions regarding paediatric rehabilitation interventions. The article argues for a clinical practice where children's experiences are extensively used to improve practice and to accommodate the child's right to participate in medical decisions concerning their own body and life. The different ways the children and the professional describe their experiences provide an avenue for a discussion on how medical reasoning can curtail children's involvement in decisions. |
| |
Keywords: | children disability participation decision‐making paediatric rehabilitation |
|