The struggle to improve patient care in the face of professional boundaries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 807-814

  Powell, Alison E ^a   Davies, Huw T O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Professional boundaries; Specialist teams; UK

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; SERVICE PROVISION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRAINING;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING COMPETENCE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84862755125     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.049     Document Type: Article

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