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Table 3 Overview of themes and categories

From: Making room for life and death at the same time – a qualitative study of health and social care professionals’ understanding and use of the concept of paediatric palliative care

Themes

Frightening concept that evokes negative emotions

Broad and complementary concept

Categories

An unfamiliar and unmeaningful concept

Total care for the child and the family

A concept still associated with death and dying

Making room for life and death at the same time

HCPs’ responsibility for introducing and using the concept and obtaining a common meaning

The meaning of alleviation and PC