At Hometown Hospital, a surgical team includes a surgeon, an anesthesiologist, and three technicians. Each member of the team needs information from the other members of the team to do his or her job. In this setting, which form of interdependence exists?

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In this setting, each member of the surgical team is dependent on the other members for information to perform their respective roles. This is an example of reciprocal interdependence as each member's performance is interdependent on the performance of the others involved in the surgery.

At Hometown Hospital, a Surgical Team Includes a Surgeon, an Anesthesiologist