Fluid professional boundaries: ethnographic observations of co-located chiropractors, osteopaths and physiotherapists.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chiropractors, osteopaths and physiotherapists (COPs) can assess and manage musculoskeletal conditions with similar manual or physical therapy techniques. This overlap in scope of practice raises questions about the boundaries between the three professions. Clinical settings where they are co-located are one of several possible influences on professional boundaries and may provide insight into the nature of these boundaries and how they are managed by clinicians themselves.

Objectives

To understand the nature of professional boundaries between COPs within a co-located clinical environment and describe the ways in which professional boundaries may be reinforced, weakened, or navigated in this environment.

Methods

Drawing from an interpretivist paradigm, we u

SUBMITTER: Toloui-Wallace J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10943826 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature