An intervention to improve interprofessional collaboration and communications: A comparative qualitative study

Journal of Interprofessional Care

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 350-361

  Rice, Kathleen ^a,b   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^a,b   Conn, Lesley Gotlib ^b   Kenaszchuk, Chris ^d   Russell, Ann ^c   Reeves, Scott ^e,f  

^a Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

General internal medicine (GIM); Hierarchy; Interprofessional collaboration; Intervention; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 77953563074     PISSN: 13561820     EISSN: 14699567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13561820903550713     Document Type: Article

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