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- Title
Knowledge of the patient as decision-making power: staff members' perceptions of interprofessional collaboration in challenging situations in psychiatric inpatient care.
- Authors
Gabrielsson, Sebastian; Looi, Git‐Marie E.; Zingmark, Karin; Sävenstedt, Stefan
- Abstract
Challenging situations in psychiatric inpatient settings call for interprofessional collaboration, but the roles and responsibilities held by members of different professions is unclear. The aim of this study was to describe staff members' perceptions of interprofessional collaboration in the context of challenging situations in psychiatric inpatient care. Prior to the study taking place, ethical approval was granted. Focus group interviews were conducted with 26 physicians, ward managers, psychiatric nurses, and nursing assistants. These interviews were then transcribed and analysed using qualitative content analysis. Results described participants' perceptions of shared responsibilities, profession-specific responsibilities and professional approaches. In this, recognising knowledge of the patient as decision-making power was understood to be a recurring theme. This is a delimited qualitative study that reflects the specific working conditions of the participants at the time the study was conducted. The findings suggest that nursing assistants are the most influential professionals due to their closeness to and first-hand knowledge of patients. The results also point to the possibility of other professionals gaining influence by getting closer to patients and utilising their professional knowledge, thus contributing to a more person-centred care.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; FOCUS groups; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; INTERVIEWING; PATIENT-professional relations; MEDICAL personnel; RESEARCH funding; DECISION making in clinical medicine; QUALITATIVE research; PSYCHIATRIC treatment; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 2014, Vol 28, Issue 4, p784
- ISSN
0283-9318
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/scs.12111