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Ethical Dilemmas in Interprofessional Collaboration: A Multidisciplinary Perspective from a Tertiary Hospital

Author(s) Waseem N. Alshahrani, Saad M. Aldafian, Sultan A. Alsubaiee, Mazen S. Alotaibi, Saud A. Jaser, Hizam M. Alsahli, Mohammed S. Alshammari, Najwa J. Alshammari, Hajer A. Bader, Samarah A. Alsulami, Hashem Fawzi Alsamannoudi
Country Saudi Arabia
Abstract Background:Interprofessional collaboration is very important in tertiary healthcare units. While it is very useful, it tends to cause complex ethical issues because of role differences, organizational communication problems and system constraints. This research investigates the ethical issues experienced by nurses, pharmacists, paramedics, radiologists and dentists in one of the tertiary hospitals in Saudi Arabia.
Methods:Having semi-structured interviews with twenty-five health practitioners, a qualitative descriptive approach was employed. The interviews have been analyzed using thematic analysis to determine elicited ethical issues in multi-disciplinary practices.
Results: Three major themes emerged: (1) Role-based ethical tensions, including blurred scopes of practice and suppressed ethical voices; (2) Communication as both a barrier and enabler of ethical clarity; and (3) Institutional constraints, such as resource limitations and rigid policies, which often conflicted with patient-centered ethical decisions.
Conclusion:In interprofessional care, the ethical issues are discovered as systemic, specific to a profession, and culturally contextualized. The institutions need to adopt policies aimed at these issues by initiating the multidisciplinary team approach comprising the interdisciplinary healthcare team to foster inter-role dialogue on ethics, provide defined role relations, and allow flexible ethnocentric policies that undermine ethical action and support moral doing in and among healthcare teams.
Keywords Interprofessional collaboration, healthcare ethics, moral distress, tertiary care, Saudi Arabia, multidisciplinary teams, ethical dilemmas
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 15, Issue 2, April-June 2024
Published On 2024-05-08
Cite This Ethical Dilemmas in Interprofessional Collaboration: A Multidisciplinary Perspective from a Tertiary Hospital - Waseem N. Alshahrani, Saad M. Aldafian, Sultan A. Alsubaiee, Mazen S. Alotaibi, Saud A. Jaser, Hizam M. Alsahli, Mohammed S. Alshammari, Najwa J. Alshammari, Hajer A. Bader, Samarah A. Alsulami, Hashem Fawzi Alsamannoudi - IJSAT Volume 15, Issue 2, April-June 2024. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15316864
DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15316864
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9g5gv
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