title: The ethics of interprofessional collaboration.
abstract: Interprofessional collaboration has become accepted as an important component in today's health care and has been guided by concerns with patient safety, quality health-care outcomes, and economics. It is widely accepted that interprofessional collaboration improves patient outcomes through enhanced communication among health-care providers and increased accessibility to services. Although there is a paucity of research that provides confirmatory evidence, interprofessional competencies continue to be incorporated into the curricula of health-care students. This article examines the ethics of interprofessional collaboration and ethical issues that arise from the mainstream adoption of interprofessional competencies and the potential for moral distress in nursing.
authors: Department of Nursing, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines,ONL2S 3A1, Canada. jengel@brocku.ca
authors: Joyce
authors: J
authors: Engel
authors: Dawn
authors: D
authors: Prentice
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D061214:Patient Safety; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States
keywords: Collaboration; education; ethics; interprofessional; nursing