TY - JOUR
T1 - “It's Probably Nothing Serious, but…”
T2 - Parents' Interpretation of Referral to Pediatric Cardiologists
AU - Chenail, Ronald J.
AU - Douthit, Paul E.
AU - Gale, Jerry E.
AU - Stormberg, Jeffrey L.
AU - Morris, G. H.
AU - Park, Joon M.
AU - Sridaromont, Somkid
AU - Schmer, Veronica
PY - 1990/7
Y1 - 1990/7
N2 - Differences in parents' interpretations of their child's referral for a heart murmur to pediatric cardiologists were investigated. Interviews with 32 families making their initial visits to a heart specialist were studied through the use of discourse analysis. Among the study's areas of investigation were: parents' Requests for reprints should be sent to Ronald J. Chenail, Institute for Systemic Therapy, School of Social Sciences, Nova University, 1776 North Pine Island Road, Suite 200, Plantation, FL 33322. concerns over being told that the heart murmur was not cause for worry, but the physician still felt the need to refer the child to a pediatric cardiologist; parents' doubts whether the referring physician had the expertise necessary to know when a murmur was inconsequential; and parents' uneasiness as to whether they should or should not be concerned over their child's condition. A transcript of an actual referral to a pediatric cardiologist was used to illustrate to physicians how to conduct future referrals for heart murmurs.
AB - Differences in parents' interpretations of their child's referral for a heart murmur to pediatric cardiologists were investigated. Interviews with 32 families making their initial visits to a heart specialist were studied through the use of discourse analysis. Among the study's areas of investigation were: parents' Requests for reprints should be sent to Ronald J. Chenail, Institute for Systemic Therapy, School of Social Sciences, Nova University, 1776 North Pine Island Road, Suite 200, Plantation, FL 33322. concerns over being told that the heart murmur was not cause for worry, but the physician still felt the need to refer the child to a pediatric cardiologist; parents' doubts whether the referring physician had the expertise necessary to know when a murmur was inconsequential; and parents' uneasiness as to whether they should or should not be concerned over their child's condition. A transcript of an actual referral to a pediatric cardiologist was used to illustrate to physicians how to conduct future referrals for heart murmurs.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84963450756
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U2 - 10.1207/s15327027hc0203_3
DO - 10.1207/s15327027hc0203_3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84963450756
SN - 1041-0236
VL - 2
SP - 165
EP - 187
JO - Health Communication
JF - Health Communication
IS - 3
ER -