Groupthink among health professional teams in patient care: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT: There is emerging interest in understanding group decision making among a team of health professionals. Groupthink, a term coined by Irving Janis to depict premature consensus seeking in highly cohesive groups, is a theory that has been widely discussed in disciplines outside health care. However, it remains unclear how it has been conceptualized, studied, and mitigated in the context of health professionals conducting patient care. This scoping review aimed to examine the conceptualization of groupthink in health care, empirical research conducted in healthcare teams, and recommendations to avoid groupthink. Eight databases were systematically searched for articles focusing on groupthink among health professional teams using a scoping review methodology. A total of 22 articles were

SUBMITTER: DiPierro K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9972224 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature