Harmony in health sector: a requirement for effective healthcare delivery in Nigeria.

Abstract:

:Harmony is defined as the pleasing combination of elements of a system to form an all-inclusive, all involving and more productive team. The aim of this present review was to investigate the factors militating against harmony among healthcare professional in the Nigerian healthcare delivery system. This review was carried out by searching through literature on the topic that bother on harmony among health professions in the health sector. Literature search and reports from previous studies indicates that harmony among health workers is pivotal to improving the health indices. However, available evidence suggests that unlike in the developed world, health care professionals do not collaborate well together in Nigeria because of the claim of superiority of a particular health professional over others. This has often resulted in inter-professional conflict which is threatening to tear the health sector apart to the detriment of the patients. The Nigeria health system should be based on team work. Health professionals from a variety of disciplines should work together to deliver the best possible healthcare services to all Nigerians. All members of the team are equally valuable and essential to the smooth running of hospitals. Hospitals should ideally be headed by health administrators or by a qualified member of any of the professions in the health sector.

journal_name

Asian Pac J Trop Med

authors

Osaro E,Charles AT

doi

10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60196-6

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-09-01 00:00:00

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S1-5

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1995-7645

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2352-4146

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S1995-7645(14)60196-6

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7S1

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