Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and Law: A Reflective Analysis of 14 Regulation Structures

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22230/jripe.2019v9n2a285

Keywords:

Health regulation, Professional regulation, Interprofessional practice, Interprofessional collaboration

Abstract

Background: Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) is a key element of an efficienthealthcare system. Are healthcare systems structured to facilitate IPC?

Methods and findings: Fourteen jurisdictions were chosen and researched usinglegal and social sciences databases. Generally, there was a lack of understandingof the legal principles in literature on policy and IPC. That aside, every jurisdic-tion had acts and regulation specific to health professions. There were numerouspathways to professional regulation and no clear consensus. Regarding IPC pres-ence in legal text, there were two main integration pathways: professional-basedand organization-based approaches.

Conclusion: Although the practice of IPC is important, its presence in regulationis still discrete. If the aim is to strengthen IPC, there must be more socio-legalresearch to properly address and inform policymakers.

Author Biography

Marie-Andrée Girard, University of Montreal

Pediatric anesthesiologist, Dr Marie-Andree Girard focus her current research work on health policy and health law impact on interprofessional collaboration and on rural and remote interprofessional practice.

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Published

2019-10-02

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2019)

Section

Articles: Empirical Research

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