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Interprofessional collaboration-in-practice: the contested place of ethics.

Carol Ewashen1, Gloria McInnis-Perry, Norma Murphy

  • 1Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada. ewashen@ucalgary.ca

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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Ethics
  • Interprofessional Education
  • Professional Collaboration

Background:

  • Ethical interprofessional collaboration is vital when healthcare decisions are contested.
  • Nurses and healthcare professionals face challenges in daily practice.
  • Existing frameworks may not fully address ethical collaboration realities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how healthcare professionals ensure ethical interprofessional collaboration in practice.
  • To analyze contested interprofessional decisions using ethical lenses.
  • To identify challenges and propose recommendations for ethical collaboration.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of two healthcare scenarios.
  • Application of three ethical frameworks: biomedical, relational, and virtue ethics.
  • Examination of everyday practice actuality versus rhetoric.

Main Results:

  • Interprofessional collaboration in practice may be more rhetoric than actuality.
  • Contested decisions highlight ethical challenges in collaboration.
  • Different ethical lenses offer distinct perspectives on ethical action.

Conclusions:

  • Ethical interprofessional collaboration requires addressing practical challenges.
  • Education and policy recommendations are needed to improve collaboration.
  • Further research is essential to bridge the gap between collaboration ideals and practice.