‘My life is a mess but I cope’: An analysis of the language children and young people use to describe their own life-limiting or life-threatening condition

‘My life is a mess but I cope’: An analysis of the language children and young people use to describe their own life-limiting or life-threatening condition
Palliative Medicine, by Katherine Bristowe; Debbie Braybrook; Hannah M Scott; Lucy Coombes; Daney Harðardóttir; Anna Roach; Clare Ellis-Smith; Myra Bluebond-Langner; Lorna Fraser; Julia Downing; Fliss Murtagh; Richard Harding; 3/24
Children and young people can provide rich descriptions of their condition. Paying attention to their lexical choices, and converging one's language towards theirs, may enable more child-centred discussions. Expanding discussions about 'what matters most' with consideration of the losses and differences they have experienced may facilitate a fuller assessment of their concerns, preferences and priorities.