Balancing professional and team boundaries in mental health services: Pursuing the holy grail in Somerset

Journal of Interprofessional Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 359-370

  Gulliver, Pauline ^a   Peck, Edward ^b   Towell, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Community mental health teams; Integration; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORK; TEAMWORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL WORK; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 18744386082     PISSN: 13561820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1356182021000008283     Document Type: Article

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