title: Interdisciplinary collaboration for healthcare professionals.
abstract: Interdisciplinary collaboration has the capacity to affect both healthcare providers and patients. Research has shown that the lack of communication and collaboration may be responsible for as much as 70% of the adverse events currently reported. The purpose of this article is 2-fold: to examine factors that may influence interdisciplinary collaboration and consequently patient outcomes and to examine the relationship between interdisciplinary collaboration and King's theory of goal attainment as a theory to support the phenomenon of interdisciplinary collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60626, USA. llfewster@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fewster-Thuente
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Velsor-Friedrich
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001318:Authoritarianism; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006040:Goals; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009742:Nursing Theory; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D024382:Professional Role / Q000523:psychology*; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012930:Social Dominance; D013997:Time Factors