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Table 2 Clinician demographics

From: Decision-making approaches for children with life-limiting conditions: results from a qualitative phenomenological study

Paediatrician

Gender

Subspecialty

Location of worka

Experienceb

Interview mode

Vignette 1: Child with a severe neurodisability in an outpatient clinic

P-01

Male

General

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

> 20 years

In-person

P-02

Female

General

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

> 20 years

In-person

P-03

Female

General

Tertiary/Metropolitand

5–10 years

In-person

P-04

Female

General

Tertiary/Metropolitand

< 5 years

In-person

P-05

Male

General

Secondary/Metropolitand

16–20 years

In-person

P-06

Female

General

Tertiary/Metropolitand

5–10 years

In-person

P-07

Male

General

Secondary/Rurald

16–20 years

In-person

P-08

Male

General

Secondary/Rurald

11–15 years

In-person

P-09

Male

General

Secondary/Rurald

16–20 years

In-person

P-10

Male

General

Secondary/Rurald

> 20 years

In-person

Vignette 2: Child with a severe neurodisability in an intensive care admission

P-11

Male

Intensivist

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

5–10 years

In-person

P-12

Male

Intensivist

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

16–20 years

In-person

P-13

Male

Intensivist

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

5–10 years

In-person

P-14

Female

Intensivist

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

< 5 years

In-person

P-15

Female

Intensivist

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

> 20 years

Videoconference

Vignette 3: Child with a haematological malignancy

P-16

Female

Oncologist

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

< 5 years

In-person

Vignette 4: Child with a solid tumour

P-17

Male

Oncologist

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

5–10 years

In-person

P-18

Female

Oncologist

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

11–15 years

In-person

P-19

Male

Oncologist

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

5–10 years

In-person

Vignette 5: Child with complex congenital heart disease

P-20

Male

Cardiologist

Tertiary/Metropolitand

5–10 years

Videoconference

P-21

Male

Cardiologist

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

11–15 years

In-person

P-22

Male

Cardiologist

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

16–20 years

Telephone

P-23

Male

Cardiologist

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

5–10 years

In-person

P-24

Male

Intensivist

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

11–15 years

In-person

P-25

Male

Intensivist

Tertiary/Metropolitanc

5–10 years

In-person

  1. aLocation of work classified by the Department of Health and Human Services, Victorian Government [34]. Tertiary paediatric centres are children’s hospitals with subspecialty departments. Secondary centres are general paediatric departments within an adult hospital
  2. bYears’ experience working at consultant level
  3. cPublic clinical practice only
  4. dCombination of both public and private clinical practice