Table 4 Features of the role boundary disputes
From: Contested professional role boundaries in health care: a systematic review of the literature
| Â | Feature | Number of studies |
|---|---|---|
Existing or new professions and boundaries | New occupation or sub-speciality encroaching on another’s established boundary | 4 |
Existing professional group encroaching on another’s established role boundary | 1 | |
Long-standing role boundary contest | 2 | |
Overt or subtle contest | Overt boundary contest | 4 |
Subtle boundary contest | 2 | |
Unclear | 1 | |
Professional hierarchy | Hierarchal component | 4 |
No hierarchal component | 2 | |
Mixed | 1 | |
Strategy level being explored in review | Macro-level | 1 |
Micro-level | 5 | |
Both | 1 | |
Initial driver for change in professional role boundary/ies | Government/modernization agenda for health care | 2 |
Chronic illness trajectory | 1 | |
Shortage of health care professionals | 1 | |
Consumer/community driven | 1 | |
Not specified | 2 |