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Parents' Perceptions of the Benefits of Practices Used by Child Life Specialists to Improve the Hospitalization Experience: A Phenomenological Approach

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: This phenomenological study explores in-depth the descriptions of several families’ lived experiences with Child Life Specialists (CLS). The researcher hoped that a picture would emerge about how families find holistic support for their needs from CLSs during their child’s hospitalization. The in-depth interview method prompted specific stories about the participants’ experiences with CLSs from a phenomenological method. From these stories, the researcher gathered and organized participant-specific open codes, and those fell into three broader categories called meta-themes. The selective code, benefits families perceive from experiences with CLSs, sums up the meta-themes and open codes gathered from the participants’ interviews.

Source: Digital Commons - ACU (Abilene Christian University)

Author: Annie Bailey

Language: English

Topic: Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units

Subfield: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Abilene Christian University

OpenAlex ID: W2960795318

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