Interprofessional collaboration between hospital-based palliative care teams and hospital ward staff: A realist review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To ensure high quality in-hospital palliative care delivery, we need a deeper understanding of the interprofessional collaboration processes between palliative care teams (PCTs) and hospital ward staff. This realist review aims to unravel the relationships between contextual (C) factors, mechanisms (M), and outcomes (O) related to this interprofessional collaboration process.

Methods

This realist review employed an iterative, theory-driven approach which led to the development of a refined program theory explaining how, for whom, and under which conditions interprofessional collaboration between PCTs and hospital ward staff contributes to quality of care. On April 21st, 2023, five electronic databases were searched for relevant articles published between January

SUBMITTER: Moons L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12716714 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature