Interprofessional collaboration within Canadian integrative healthcare clinics: Key components

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 707-715

  Gaboury, Isabelle ^a   Bujold, Mathieu ^b   Boon, Heather ^c   Moher, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Faculté des sciences sociales   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Healthcare services; Integrative healthcare; Interprofessional collaboration

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COOPERATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TEAMWORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WORKLOAD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68749120832     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.048     Document Type: Article

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