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Still suffering from the `silo effect`: lingering cultural barriers to collaborative care

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posted on 2005-01-01, 00:00 authored by Karen Lane
This research project sought to draw out the contesting definitions of collaborative care among professional subgroups in maternity services. The paper contrasts medical and social models of knowledge and reports on qualitative evidence from midwives and doctors in Australian hospitals. The evidence indicates that collaborative care is welcomed by both midwives and doctors but that there remains a lingering residue of the ‘silo effect’ of the ‘old’ professionalism, characterized by hierarchical relations, divergent philosophies and competing domains. Although a ‘new professionalism’ has emerged that challenges the old hierarchies and professional dependencies, it too harbours lingering residues of the former dichotomy between midwives and obstetricians. These tensions and enmities will need to be resolved before genuine collaboration may take full effect. The objective is a relationship focused model of care that transcends professional or woman-focused models. The ‘new’ professionalism may be expedited through mediation strategies, a version of which is the ‘sociological intervention method’ discussed in this article.

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Journal

Canadian journal of midwifery research and practice

Volume

4

Season

Spring

Pagination

8 - 16

Location

Hamilton, Ont.

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

1703-2121

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2005, Canadian Association of Midwives

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