title: Alternative dispute resolution: a conflict management tool in health care.
abstract: This article focuses on methods of resolving conflict either within or between health care organizations using an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) strategy. After identifying the principal sources of contemporary disagreements within health services settings, the authors describe the basis of ADR. This is followed by a discussion of some common obstacles to settling a dispute. The principal communication guidelines and stages of a mediation session are presented. An alternative dispute resolution framework is proposed that includes an Office of Dispute Resolution (ODR). Also provided is a series of attributes that together comprise the core of mediation as a discipline.
authors.affiliation: University of Central Florida, College of Health & Public Affairs, Orlando, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liberman
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Rotarius
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kendall
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004648:Employee Grievances; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017008:Negotiating / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States