Table 2 The themes presenting children, young adults and parents’ experiences regarding child participation in healthcare
Examples of codes | Sub-subtheme | Subtheme | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
Nervous about bad news | Stressful healthcare encounters | Distancing oneself from healthcare encounters | Feeling alienated or familiar with healthcare encounters |
Do not understand | Feeling disregarded | ||
Don’t want to worry parents | Withholding information | ||
Know what to expect | Being a normal event in life | Being at ease with healthcare encounters | |
Come by yourself: dared to ask | Enabled by physical and mental space |