Mitigating barriers to healthcare knowledge sharing in the collaboration of traditional and Western practitioners in Chinese hospitals

Lihong Zhou; Miguel Baptista Nunes

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-46549-3_21

Mitigating barriers to healthcare knowledge sharing in the collaboration of traditional and Western practitioners in Chinese hospitals

Lihong Zhou, Miguel Baptista Nunes^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper reports on a research study that aimed to mitigate and propose strategies to overcome barriers to patient-centered knowledge sharing (KS) in the interprofessional collaboration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western Medicine (WM) professionals, who coexist and collaborate in the same hospitals in China. This research adopted a Grounded Theory approach using a Chinese public hospital as case-study, at which 49 informants were interviewed by using semi-structured and evolving interview scripts. 11 KS barriers emerged from significant and prevalent philosophical and professional tensions between the two professional groups.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - 5th International Joint Conference, IC3K 2013, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Jan L. G. Dietz, Ana Fred, Kecheng Liu, Joaquim Filipe
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	326-339
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9783662465486
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46549-3_21
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	5th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2013 - Vilamoura, Portugal Duration: 19 Sept 2013 → 22 Sept 2013

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	454
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929

Conference

Conference	5th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2013
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Vilamoura
Period	19/09/13 → 22/09/13

Keywords

Chinese hospitals
Knowledge sharing
Patient-centered healthcare
Traditional chinese medicine
Western medicine

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Zhou, L., & Nunes, M. B. (2015). Mitigating barriers to healthcare knowledge sharing in the collaboration of traditional and Western practitioners in Chinese hospitals. In J. L. G. Dietz, A. Fred, K. Liu, & J. Filipe (Eds.), Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - 5th International Joint Conference, IC3K 2013, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 326-339). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 454). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46549-3_21

Zhou, Lihong ; Nunes, Miguel Baptista. / Mitigating barriers to healthcare knowledge sharing in the collaboration of traditional and Western practitioners in Chinese hospitals. Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - 5th International Joint Conference, IC3K 2013, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Jan L. G. Dietz ; Ana Fred ; Kecheng Liu ; Joaquim Filipe. Springer Verlag, 2015. pp. 326-339 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Zhou, L & Nunes, MB 2015, Mitigating barriers to healthcare knowledge sharing in the collaboration of traditional and Western practitioners in Chinese hospitals. in JLG Dietz, A Fred, K Liu & J Filipe (eds), Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - 5th International Joint Conference, IC3K 2013, Revised Selected Papers. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 454, Springer Verlag, pp. 326-339, 5th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2013, Vilamoura, Portugal, 19/09/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46549-3_21

Mitigating barriers to healthcare knowledge sharing in the collaboration of traditional and Western practitioners in Chinese hospitals. / Zhou, Lihong; Nunes, Miguel Baptista.
Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - 5th International Joint Conference, IC3K 2013, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Jan L. G. Dietz; Ana Fred; Kecheng Liu; Joaquim Filipe. Springer Verlag, 2015. p. 326-339 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 454).

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