In this aspect, the most important thing is to give substantial credit to multidisciplinary cooperation and teamwork. Their interaction starts with participants primarily in the health care field, but more often with other specialists or physicians. In these interactions, ethical rules include honesty, respect, appreciation of other perspectives and needs, and an overriding concern regarding the patient’s benefit. Mainly, it includes relationships with physicians, nurses, paramedical personnel, impaired or incompetent physicians, business and administration, and trainees.
For most of the relationships identified, the first one is the most essential. In this perceived aspect of providing care, communication lines should always be open, in order to maintain and optimize the patient’s benefits. Interrupted communication may take place when a decision-making event is required. For instance, there is a sick person that needs an immediate and definitive intervention interpreted during discussion with the patient.
Generally, when a patient’s continuity of care is at stake, physicians talk about what decision to make with main reference to the primary physician. However, several factors may define the final decision such as moral, legal, and financial interests that may all affect the patient’s benefit. This factor remains paramount in all situations especially during concerns of extensive primary care rendered and referred (Code of Ethics for Emergency Physicians, 2001).