Week 2 Readings

Question 1

What is boundary work?

Answer 1

creating, maintaining, blurring or shifting boundaries of discipline ex. nurse vs doctor work

Question 2

What’s the difference between INTRA and INTERprofessional collaboration?

Answer 2

Intra: between members of the same profession (ex. nurses and doctors in healthcare)
Inter: different professions (healthcare and technology)

Question 3

When does conflict arise in boundary work?

Answer 3

High status can be a source of conflict during INTRAprofessional collaboration

Question 4

What is reparative boundary work?

Answer 4

The duality of maintenance and changing of boundaries; denial, assertion and rearticulation

Question 5

What is a proto-jurisdiction?

Answer 5

variety of professional groups compete and cooperate around ways of addressing emerging local work tasks defined in relation to globalized societal challenges