Background Interprofessional and interorganizational collaboration have become important
components of a well-functioning healthcare system, all the more so given limited financial …

Intensive care units (ICUs) provide care to the most severely ill hospitalized patients.
Although ICUs increasingly rely on interprofessional teams to provide critical care, little …

This paper offers a selective overview of the increasingly popular paradigm of qualitative
research. We consider the nature of qualitative research questions, describe common …

Background Studies in the intensive care unit (ICU) suggest that better communication
between families of critically ill patients and healthcare providers is needed; however, most …

Interprofessional collaboration is recognised as an important factor in improving patient care
in intensive care units (ICUs). Competency frameworks, and more specifically …

This article draws on data from a 5-year project that examined the effectiveness of
Comprehensive primary healthcare (CPHC) in local communities. A hallmark of CPHC …

Objectives Although interprofessional teamwork has been shown to improve patient safety, it
is not yet routine practice in most hospital settings. There is also a lack of clarity regarding …

Background The medical and nursing care of the patient on mechanical ventilation has
developed and proceeds in terms of ventilator functions, sedation strategies and patient …

Shared decision-making provides an opportunity for the knowledge and skills of care
providers to synergistically influence patient care. Little is known about interprofessional …

Aim To examine older people and their families' perceptions about their experiences with
interprofessional teams. Design Naturalistic inquiry using qualitative descriptive methods to …