How health care complexity leads to cooperation and affects the autonomy of health care professionals

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-341

  Molleman, Eric ^a   Broekhuis, Manda ^a   Stoffels, Renee ^b   Jaspers, Frans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Health care complexity; Professional autonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 55349142508     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-007-0080-6     Document Type: Article

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