Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Toronto Metropolitan University and Sessional Instructor at The University of Victoria
Excited to share the findings of my doctoral research: "Complicating ‘Voice’ and ‘Choice’: The Role of Child Life Specialists in Shaping Children’s Health Care Participation Rights in the Netherlands" to be published in the Journal of #childlife in March. Key findings: ✔️ In pediatric healthcare settings, children’s abilities to make decisions related to their health and healthcare are shaped by various interrelated complexities ✔️ Children's participation rights are shaped by adults who can play an important role in children's decision-making processes (especially in acute, intensive, or palliative care settings) ✔️ Complexities in shaping children's participation rights provide an impetus to move beyond the rhetoric of listening to a child’s individualistic voice ✔️ In #childlife practice, it is important to build awareness of #childrensrights to decision-making The Association of Child Life Professionals, Inc. https://lnkd.in/gHCZ_Wgy