Impact of Interprofessional Relationships from Nurses’ Perspective on the Decision-Making Capacity of Patients in a Clinical Setting

Jesús Molina-Mula, Julia Gallo-Estrada and Catalina Perelló-Campaner
Additional contact information
Jesús Molina-Mula: Nursing and Physiotherapy Department, University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Julia Gallo-Estrada: Nursing and Physiotherapy Department, University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Catalina Perelló-Campaner: Emergency Care Service 061, 07014 Palma de Mallorca, Spain

IJERPH, 2017, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Interprofessional relationships may impact the decision making of patients in a clinical setting. The objective of this study was to analyse the decision-making capabilities of patients from nurses’ perspectives of interprofessional relationships using Foucauldian ethics. This qualitative study was based on poststructuralist Foucault references with in-depth interviews of nurses working in internal medicine and specialties in a general hospital. The patients constantly appeared in the definition of teamwork, but also as a passive element used by every professional to communicate with others. Nurses continue modelling a type of patient passivity, or what Foucault called passive subjectivity in relation to oneself, because the patient is guided and directed to take charge of a truth provided by professionals. Nurses must break the rigid design of sections or professional skills, and adopt a model of teamwork that meets the needs of the patient and increases their decision-making power. The quality of care will increase to the extent that professionals establish a relationship of equality with the patient, allowing the patient to make real decisions about their care. An egalitarian model of teamwork is beneficial to the patient, abandoning the idea of a team where the patient and family are constantly excluded from decisions about their care.

Keywords: decision making; interprofessional relations; nurse-patient relations; Foucault (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/1/49/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/1/49/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2017:i:1:p:49-:d:124807

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().