An in-law comes to stay: examination of interdisciplinary conflict in a school-based health center.
Social workers often work in settings, such as hospitals, schools, prisons, nursing homes, and mental health facilities, where other professions exert a higher level of control because of their number, their historical precedence, or their professional status. The interdisciplinary conflicts that arise may be difficult to resolve. The organizational literature on causes of conflict and conflict resolution is briefly reviewed. A case study of a newly opened school-based health center provides an opportunity to analyze conflicts between the school and health center personnel and demonstrates how they were finally resolved.
Fast
Jonathan D
JD
Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University, New York, NY 10033, USA. JFast@Optonline.net
D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003237:Connecticut; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000078329:Workforce