Values-based interprofessional collaborative practice : working together in health care

Thistlethwaite, J

Values-based interprofessional collaborative practice : working together in health care - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2012 - Value-based medicine .

This book adds the dimension of values to the discussions of teamwork and considering interactions between health care professionals and how these might be affected by differences in professional and personal values. The first part of the book introduces values-based practice and covers theory of concepts of teamwork, collaboration and communication. The second part of the book features examples of scenarios based on real-life experience. Scenarios include: a patient complaint; a well person check; a patient with medically unexplained symptoms; a request for strong analgesia; asylum seekers and refugees; a request for home birth; aging and end of life decisions; referrals and the interface between primary and secondary care; living with visible difference a valuing appearance; collaboration with other professionals outside healthcare.

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