Boundary matters: Clinical leadership and the distinctive disciplinary contribution of nursing to multidisciplinary care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3502-3512

  Mcnamara, Martin S ^a   Fealy, Gerard M ^a   Casey, Mary ^a   Geraghty, Ruth ^a   Johnson, Maree ^b   Halligan, Phil ^a   Treacy, Pearl ^a   Butler, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bernstein; Boundaries; Clinical; Interdisciplinarity; Leadership; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING;

EID: 81155128490     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03719.x     Document Type: Article

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