Leader as maintainer of multi-professional ethical competence in healthcare practice
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ethical competence, ethical practice, healthcare leaders, hermeneutic application research, thematic analysisAbstrakti
Ethical competence is a core competence in healthcare, and healthcare leaders have a key position when it comes to maintaining professionals’ ethical competence. This study aims to broaden the understanding of leaders as maintainers of ethical competence in healthcare practice seen from a multi-professional perspective. The methodology for data collection was hermeneutic application research and hermeneutic dialogues in which participated 14 informants with different professional backgrounds at a university hospital and three researchers from a university in Norway. Thematic analysis was used as a data analysis method.
The thematic analysis resulted in three themes: Creating a culture with common ethical values, Leading with clarity and supporting ethical acting, and Focusing on the patient and quality of life. The leader’s ethical character and passion to create care cultures based on common ethical values and actions, and where the focus is on the patient and quality of life maintain multiprofessional ethical competence.
