Interprofessional Communication: A Continuum of Intentions and Practices
摘要
This chapter maps the different conceptualizations of communication explored in Chap. 1 to specific types of interprofessional collaboration on a continuum that ranges from parallel to shared practice. Emphasizing the importance of collaborators’ intentions and the complexity of the patient’s situation, the chapter explains how communication can serve as a tool for information sharing in some situations and be the basis of collective sensemaking in others, such as shared practice. This chapter thus lays the conceptual groundwork for the chapters that follow.