Bridging obstacles to transcultural caring relationships—Tools discovered through interviews with staff in pediatric oncology care

Summary In this qualitative study we explored how health-care staff continuously resolve “obstacles to transcultural caring relationships” as they care for families with an immigrant background within the context of pediatric oncology care. A constant comparative method was used and data collection...

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Published in:European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society 2008-02, Vol.12 (1), p.35-43
Main Authors: Pergert, Pernilla, Ekblad, Solvig, Enskär, Karin, Björk, Olle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel - ethnology
Bridging
Caring
Child
Communication
Communication Barriers
Constant comparative method
Cultural Competency
Cultural Diversity
Emigration and Immigration
Empathy
Female
Focus group interviews
Focus Groups
Health professional-Patient interactions
Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine
Humans
Individual interviews
Intercultural interaction
MEDICIN
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
MEDICINE
Neoplasms - ethnology
Neoplasms - nursing
Nursing
Nursing Methodology Research
Nursing Staff, Hospital - education
Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology
Oncology
Oncology Nursing - education
Oncology Nursing - methods
Paediatrics
Pediatric Nursing - education
Pediatric Nursing - methods
Pediatric oncology care
Qualitative Research
Surveys and Questionnaires
Sweden
Terminal Care - methods
Terminal Care - psychology
Transcultural
Transcultural Nursing - education
Transcultural Nursing - methods
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Summary:Summary In this qualitative study we explored how health-care staff continuously resolve “obstacles to transcultural caring relationships” as they care for families with an immigrant background within the context of pediatric oncology care. A constant comparative method was used and data collection included 5 focus group interviews and 5 complementary individual interviews with health-care staff within pediatric oncology care. Bridging emerged as the way that health-care staff deal with obstacles to transcultural caring relationships. Bridging is a process in which various tools may be used and combined, including communicational tools, transcultural tools and organizational tools. Failure to use tools, or to use and combine them insufficiently, can bring the caring relationship to a halt, which leads to inequity in care. In order to ensure the provision of high-quality care despite differences in religion, culture, language and social situation, health-care staff need to bridge obstacles to transcultural caring relationships.
ISSN:1462-3889
1532-2122
1532-2122
DOI:10.1016/j.ejon.2007.07.006