Our qualitative study aimed to provide an in-depth exploration
of parents’ experiences and views and caution should be exercised
in generalizing findings. Although the sample encompassed a wide
range of SES, it was drawn from a limited geographical area (an
urban area and neighboring rural area) and most parents were of
white British ethnicity, so it is possible that the views and
experiences of parents from other locations or ethnicities would
differ. The experiences of communication within the consultation
reported in this paper are drawn from the accounts of the parents
only. The study did not explore the views of the children involved
or how the experiences of these consultations might influence
their future health care expectations and this would be an
important area for future research.