HLSC 2P15 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Canadian Mental Health Association, Professional Boundaries, Conceptual Framework

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Describe the idea of medical dominance (as discussed in bourgeault and. Mulvale"s article) in terms of hegemony, bureaucracy, and governmentality. Collaborative disciplinary focus: indicate teams that are interdependent and at least attempt to share power and responsibility. Argued that a team approach not only improves outcomes but it also improves the productivity of the participating health care providers. Not a lot of research has gone into this. Tradition domains of medicine (nurses cannot prescribe medicine)(physicians don"t often have good bed side manner as nurses do) This is where medical dominance comes into play- neglect of nurses. Medical hegemony - of the decision making process . Hindmarsh and pinnick collaborative teamwork as a practical accomplishment that emerges despite the fact that team members often have unequal power or status. Strauss: nurses are often wary of crossing boundaries and tend to only do so when the organisational contect compels them. Focus the analytical lens on the structural context not jus organizational.