Blurred roles and permeable boundaries: The experience of multidisciplinary working in community mental health

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 425-435

  Brown, Brian ^a   Crawford, Paul ^b,c   Darongkamas, Jural ^d  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Community mental health; Interdisciplinary teams; Professional identity; Role blurring; Teamworking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034366895     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2000.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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