Objective In the health care sector, intercollegial conflict is inevitable. Such conflict may have
an adverse effect on employee turnover, workplace morale, and patient safety and care …

Medical Education 2011: 45: 939–945 CONTEXT Conflict management has been identified
as an essential competence for surgeons as they work in operating room (OR) teams; …

Conflict in the health arena is a growing concern and is well recognised for doctors in
training. Its most extreme expression, workplace violence is on the increase. There is …

Background Conflict is inevitable on healthcare teams, yet few professional school curricula
teach or assess conflict resolution skills. Little is known about the variation in conflict …

Aim To review empirical studies examining antecedents (sources, causes, predictors) in the
management and mitigation of interpersonal conflict. Background Providing quality care …

This study analyses trends, patterns and research directions of conflict research through a
content analysis of 699 research articles published between 1970 and 2006 in leading …

The purpose of the study was to determine prevalent conflict management styles chosen by
students in nursing and to contrast these styles with those chosen by students in allied …

Article-at-a-Glance Background The Joint Commission's leadership standard for conflict
management in hospitals, LD. 02.04. 01, states,“The hospital manages conflict between …

Research suggests that health care can be improved and patient harm reduced when health
professionals successfully collaborate across professional boundaries. Consequently, there …

Clear communication is considered the sine qua non of effective teamwork. Breakdowns in
communication resulting from interprofessional conflict are believed to potentiate errors in …