title: Communicating with children with asthma.
abstract: Nurses are expected to treat children, young people and their parents as individuals and respect their dignity. Some information about asthma symptoms and about what is most important to children can only be obtained by communicating directly with children themselves rather than relying on parents. Consultations about children's asthma usually have three participants--nurse, parent and child. Children often take a passive role or are marginalised, sometimes by parents' interventions. Nurses need to take account of children's views and preferences, and build alliances with parents and children. Nursing needs to develop its own evidence base for practice, to underpin training and education.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at University of Manchester.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Callery
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000451:nursing*; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010290:Parents