Alternative dispute resolution and the physician--the use of mediation to resolve hospital-medical staff conflicts.
The use of adversarial methods to resolve disputes arising out of medical staff matters can be time-consuming, costly, and disruptive to the hospital-medical staff relationship. As this article suggests, mediation is the preferred method of alternative dispute resolution for reaching mutually acceptable solutions with minimal harm to relationships.
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D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017008:Negotiating; D011340:Problem Solving; D014481:United States