Communication channels in general internal medicine: A description of baseline patterns for improved interprofessional collaboration

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 943-953

  Conn, Lesley Gotlib ^a   Lingard, Lorelei ^b   Reeves, Scott ^c   Miller, Karen Lee ^b   Russell, Ann ^d   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Ethnography; Health care; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 67649995814     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309338282     Document Type: Article

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