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Table 2 Overview of categories and subcategories

From: Ethical concerns when recruiting children with cancer for research: Swedish healthcare professionals’ perceptions and experiences

Categories

Subcategories

Establishing relationships and trust

Building relationships

The dilemma of trust

Meeting informational needs

Tailoring information and communication

Information burden at diagnosis

Difficulties due to language barriers

Acknowledging vulnerability

Parent-dependency

Power asymmetries and conflicts of interests

Children with poor prognosis

Balancing roles and interests

Asserting children’s rights

Children’s delegation of decisions

Parent’s decision authority and burden

Disagreements

Ensuring ethical competence

Perceptions of ethical competence

Building competence in research ethics