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Ethical issues identified in nurses´ interprofessional collaboration in clinical practice: a meta-synthesis
Authors: Pakkanen Piiku, Haggman-Laitila Arja, Kangasniemi Mari
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Publication year: 2022
Journal: Journal of Interprofessional Care
Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE
Journal acronym: J INTERPROF CARE
Volume: 36
Issue: 5
First page : 725
Last page: 734
Number of pages: 10
ISSN: 1356-1820
eISSN: 1469-9567
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2021.1892612
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2021.1892612
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/62077595
The aim of this study was to synthesize previous knowledge about ethics in nurses' interprofessional collaboration in clinical practice. Although healthcare professionals have common goals and shared values, ethical conflicts still arise during patient care. We carried out a meta-synthesis of peer-reviewed papers published in any language from 2013-2019, using both electronic searches, with the CINAHL, PubMed, Scopus, and SocINDEX databases, and manual searches. We identified 4,763 papers and selected six qualitative papers, and three theoretical papers, based on predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria and quality appraisal. The studies came from the USA, Canada, Sweden, Australia, Botswana, and the Netherlands. We found that in ethics studies on nurses' interprofessional collaboration in clinical practice the focus has been on factors that affect how patients receive care. These factors were patients' wishes, whether they were told the truth about their condition, and how different professionals recognized and treated their pain. The focus in the papers we reviewed was on the roles of different professionals during the care process, including ethical conflicts with regard to their aims, commitment, and the balance of power among them and other professions. More research is needed to raise the visibility of how nurses and other professionals recognize, and evaluate, their professional and interprofessional ethics.
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