Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team: A Panacea to Curtail Interprofessional Conflict and Industrial Action in Nigeria
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Joseph A. Balogun
- Source
- Health Professions in Nigeria ISBN: 9789811633102
- Subject
- business.industry
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education
Industrial action
humanities
Panacea (medicine)
Nursing
Team strategy
Multidisciplinary approach
Health care
Quality (business)
Business
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Healthcare system
- Language
This chapter apprises the readers of the causes and adverse impacts of the ongoing interprofessional conflict and industrial action within the Nigerian healthcare system. The chapter proposes using the interdisciplinary team concept as a panacea to curtail interprofessional scuffle and industrial action activities in Nigeria. The chapter also discusses other synergistic effects that the implementation of the team strategy would have within the healthcare system. The likely impacts include improved communication among HCPs, reduced medical errors and mortality rates, improved patient outcomes, and healthcare quality.