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What knowledge-accessing modes tell administrators about interdisciplinary crises and conflicts.
- Source :
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The Journal of health administration education [J Health Adm Educ] 1987 Fall; Vol. 5 (4), pp. 595-605. - Publication Year :
- 1987
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Abstract
- In hospitals administrators work with two major groups of medical professionals: physicians and nurses. Together, these three groups of professionals are primarily responsible for the care of patients. The quality of the service they provide is dependent on the working relationships among these disciplines. Potentially, the more harmony among administrators, physicians, and nurses, the better care patients can receive. The research reported in this article addresses the issue of interdisciplinary misunderstanding among these groups of professionals. The research was premised on the assumption that hospital administrators, physicians, and nurses differ in the way they access knowledge. That is, administrators, physicians, and nurses access knowledge in dissimilar ways and, by doing so, set the stage for crises and conflicts. Using a standardized instrument to assess knowledge-accessing modes, data were collected from samples of health administration, medical, and nursing students. The data indicated that the three groups did differ in the way they accessed knowledge. The individual discipline profiles generated from the data also revealed a finding common to the three disciplines, a finding may help resolve a very real problem for hospital patients. Based on the research results, the article discusses ways that administrators may be able to prevent crises and conflicts and enhance harmonious relations among the three disciplines, and thereby improve patient care. Avenues for further research are also suggested.
- Subjects :
- Canada
Health Facility Environment
Humans
Models, Psychological
Sampling Studies
Attitude of Health Personnel
Conflict, Psychological
Health Facility Administrators psychology
Hospital Administrators psychology
Interprofessional Relations
Medical Staff, Hospital psychology
Nursing Staff, Hospital psychology
Social Perception
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0735-6722
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of health administration education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10284991