Facilitating teamwork in general practice: Moving from theory to practice

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-28

  Taggart, J ^a   Schwartz, A ^a   Harris, M F ^a   Perkins, D ^a   Davies, G Powell ^a   Proudfoot, J ^a   Fanaian, M ^a   Crookes, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Patient care teams; Practice nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUPPORT GROUP; TEAMWORK; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 73849118276     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY08057     Document Type: Article

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