title: Esprit de corps: the possibility for the best care a hospital can provide.
abstract: What is best for the hospitalized patient? How do we increase the prospects that a patient will receive the best care a hospital can provide, and how is this accomplished? It has been argued that what is best for the patient is to be in the care of highly functioning collaborative teams, teams with certain unique qualities, teams that have esprit de corps. But how do we get there? In furtherance of this discussion, the author, in a Quintilian-like spirit, deliberates about "necessity" and "possibility" in what is best for the hospitalized patient and the challenges these teams must navigate: responsibility, accountability, team relationships, leadership, moral distress, dissent, and personal and professional risk.
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Quist
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003422:Critical Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards*; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000592:standards; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States