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Table 2 Themes relating to the strategies used by clinician during information-giving

From: Explanations and information-giving: clinician strategies used in talking to parents of preterm infants

Themes

Clinician strategies

Framing the information-giving

Orientating

Asks what parents know

What we are looking at

Uses analogies

Introduces and explains terminology

Presenting the numbers and explaining risk

Paces the information

Checks understanding

Invites clarification or questions

Appreciating the position of parents

Personalises information

Emphasises positive

Recaps

Answers parents’ questions