Finding common ground? Evaluating an intervention to improve teamwork among primary health-care professionals

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 519-524

  Chan, Bibiana C ^a   Perkins, David ^b   Wan, Qing ^a   Zwar, Nick ^a   Daniel, Chris ^c   Crookes, Patrick ^d   Harris, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Central Sydney GP Network   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Care pathways disease management; Public health; Qualitative methods; Quality improvement; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES EDUCATOR; DIETITIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PODIATRIST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; TEAMWORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78649393471     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq057     Document Type: Article

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