The increasing complexity of healthcare provision and medical interventions requires
collaboration between large numbers of health professionals. The nature of the interactions …

This popular and engaging text on health communication is now revised and updated in a
second edition that incorporates recent research and boasts new material on topics such as …

PROBLEM. Nurse–physician communication affects patient safety. Such communication has
been well studied using a variety of survey and observational methods; however, missing …

Objectives To examine facilitators of and barriers to interprofessional collaboration (IPC) in
institutional long-term care (LTC) and geriatric rehabilitation (GR), and to provide an …

Interprofessional teamwork has become an integral feature of healthcare delivery in a wide
range of conditions and services in many countries. Many assumptions are made in …

Objective: The study intended to use narrative medicine study for interdisciplinary
collaboration to let medical and healthcare students have a chance to interact with one …

Health and Risk Communication provides a critical and comprehensive overview of the core
issues surrounding health and risk communication from the perspective of applied …

Deliberative ways of dealing with ethical issues in health care are expanding. Moral case
deliberation is an example, providing group-wise, structured reflection on dilemmas from …

Teamwork is the most effective approach in which to accomplish complex tasks. In general,
teamwork has been shown to improve production, augment organizational and employee …

Hospice and palliative care teams provide interdisciplinary care to seriously-ill and
terminally-ill patients and their families. Care teams are comprised of medical and non …