Quaye, Angela AfuaFoster, MandieWhitehead, LisaHallström, Inger Kristensson2024-04-042024-04-042024-04-03Journal of Child Health Care, ISSN: 1367-4935 (Print); 1741-2889 (Online), SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/136749352412431011367-49351741-2889http://hdl.handle.net/10292/17411Determining the child’s best interests in a hospital setting will ideally involve the combined views of children, parents, and healthcare professionals. However, few studies have explored parents’ experiences of their child’s best interests when they engage with the healthcare system. Therefore, this study aimed to explore parents’ experiences of their child’s best interests during hospitalisation. A descriptive qualitative inductive design using face-to-face parent–child combined interviews, analysed by latent content analysis, was used. Sixteen parents recruited from a tertiary hospital in Western Australia were interviewed. Collaboration, development of trustworthy relationships, and effective communication were essential in shaping parents’ experiences of their child’s best interests during hospitalisation.© The Author(s) 2024. Creative Commons License (CC BY 4.0). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the Sage and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/1110 Nursing1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine1117 Public Health and Health Services3213 Paediatrics4205 NursingJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1177/13674935241243101