Silos and social identity: The social identity approach as a framework for understanding and overcoming divisions in health care

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 347-374

  Kreindler, Sara A ^a,b   Dowd, Damien A ^a,b   Dana Star, Noah ^a,c   Gottschalk, Tania ^b  

^a WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health personnel; Health services organization and administration; Interprofessional relations; Social identification

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84862564618     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2012.00666.x     Document Type: Review

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