Children need privacy too: Respecting confidentiality in paediatric practice

A “Thick” Conception of Children’s Voices: A Hermeneutical Framework for Childhood Research

“…This hermeneutical methodology can help advance our understanding of children's aspirations and concerns in research and in professional practice. For detailed discussions of how hermeneutical inquiry can be used in situations such as those described in the opening narratives-whether for research or professional practice-readers can consult other work published by our VOICE team regarding the voices of children who communicate differently (Carnevale et al, 2006(Carnevale et al, , 2017, newborns' voices (Carnevale et al, 2019), children living with mental health concerns (Montreuil, Thibeault, et al, 2018;Montreuil, Thibeault, et al, 2019), keeping secrets/respecting privacy and confidentiality (Noiseux et al, 2018), seeking consent and assent (Carnevale, 2012), practicing empathic attunement (Carnevale, 2009), or thick inquiry with children (Carnevale, 2005(Carnevale, , 2017.…”

Childhood Ethics: An ontological advancement for childhood studies

“…voting, driving, consenting to health care), they may still be regarded as active agents striving to understand their meaningful surroundings to discern their sense of what matters (Esser et al., 2016). As agents, young people can also have views relating to their wishes for privacy and confidentiality (Noiseux, Rich, Bouchard, Noronha, & Carnevale, 2019). Moreover, young people can have concerns regarding the wellbeing of others.…”

“…We recognise that young people ‘develop’ in the course of their lives. For example, some relational experiences can help young people understand how to navigate trust in relationships with others (Noiseux et al., 2019). Some young people can be more vulnerable without having these experiences to orient them to the varying degrees of trustworthiness that they can rely on in their relationships.…”

“…This process can be used with all children, regardless of age or expressive capacities, given that agential expression is not limited solely to children's verbal articulation — referring again to a ‘thick’ conception of children's voices (Carnevale, 2020). We have published demonstrations of these approaches applied to various situations, such as those described at the beginning of this paper; for example, youth with gender identity concerns (Noiseux et al., 2019), First Nations youth with cancer (Van Praagh et al., 2018), child welfare (Montreuil et al., 2017; Van Praagh et al., 2018), Tanzanian community (Sebti et al., 2019); as well as other related scenarios (Carnevale, 2012; Carnevale & Gaudreault, 2013). Below, in the final section, we illustrate how this approach can be applied in practice in our discussion of one of the concerns identified at the beginning of this paper.…”

“…To demonstrate how the Childhood Ethics ontology described in this article can be operationalised in practice, we present an analysis of one of the situations outlined above. For additional illustrations of Childhood Ethics in practice, see Carnevale, 2012; Montreuil et al., 2017; Noiseux et al., 2019; Sebti et al., 2019; Van Praagh et al., 2018.…”