Interprofessional collaboration among helping professions: Experiences with holistic client care

This study explores interprofessional collaboration for holistic client care within the helping disciplines. Specifically, the experiences of behavioral health, nursing, dental hygiene, social work, psychology, medicine, and human services professionals were examined using an exploratory design. Their attitudes and experiences are presented to help shape the definition, understanding, and parameters of interprofessionalism among helping professions. Challenges to the interprofessional relationship are also identified which lend insight toward enhancing service delivery. The role of the community in interprofessional collaborations was examined and supported the need for interprofessional collaboration in holistic client care.