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Need 1</strong> - Students need to understand the specific challenges of working with children, from birth to sixteen, and working with their families.
Children's and Young People's Position and Participation in Society, Health Care and Research
Children's and Young People's Position and Participation in Society, Health Care and Research
Key Points
- Attitudes and practices towards children and young people in health care reflect the way they are positioned in society.
- Children and young people have traditionally been denied the rights to participate in their health care and their voices have gone unheard.
- Children's and young people's experience, status, rights and well-being are central to health care services to ensure their needs are met.
- Children's and young people's meaningful participation in research helps us develop more complex understandings of their experiences and can lead to improvements in care provision.
Key theories and concepts explored in this chapter include the changing nature of childhood, children's ...
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