Interprofessional education facilitates health care team members’ communication, which impacts patient care, and thus is relevant to medical ethics.

Interprofessional collaboration is a vital part of medical education. When a medical student resists learning from a nurse-midwife on a rotation, how should an academic medical faculty member respond?

Effective interprofessional collaboration and patient care require understanding team members’ roles and responsibilities and clear communication.

Taking care of patients whose cultures, belief systems, and family hierarchy structures differ from those on which many U.S. laws and regulations involves strategies—particularly regarding end-of-life care and surrogate decision making.

Taking care of patients whose cultures, belief systems, and family hierarchy structures differ from those on which many U.S. laws and regulations involves strategies—particularly regarding end-of-life care and surrogate decision making.

The role of nurse practitioners in patient care can be expanded without sacrificing quality or safety.

Implementing nonhierarchical interprofessional teams in medical care will be more effective if incoming health professionals are trained to work in such groups.

When physicians fail to model behaviors they advocate for others, trust is eroded.