Background: This article describes the overall attitudes of children, their parents, and
attending physicians toward including or excluding pediatric patients in medical …

The goal is to present how shared decision-making in paediatric oncology occurs from the
viewpoints of parents and physicians. Eight Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group centres …

Background Professional guidelines encourage physicians to provide children with as much
information regarding their health as deemed developmentally and emotionally appropriate …

Background: In pediatrics, the “best interest” standard has become the prevailing standard in
decision making even though it proves difficult to apply in practice. Differences in values can …

Adequate participation of children and adolescents in their healthcare is a value underlined
by several professional associations. However, little guidance exists as to how this principle …

Objective: To investigate the preferences of children with cancer, their parents, and survivors
of childhood cancer regarding medical communication with child patients and variables …

Participation in healthcare decision-making is considered to be an important right of minors,
and is highlighted in both international legislation and public policies. However, despite the …

Olszewski and Goldkind (2018) argue that children's participation in medical decision
making should be “the default position” and that a stepwise approach is needed to ensure …

Background Pediatric oncology has a strong research culture. Most pediatric oncologists are
investigators, involved in clinical care as well as research. As a result, a remarkable …

Objective The aim of the present study is to explore patient's perspectives in pediatric
oncology on participation in discussions and decision‐making surrounding their cancer …