All professionals are equal but some professionals are more equal than others? Dominance, status and efficiency in Swedish interprofessional teams

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 505-512

  Thylefors, Ingela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Equality; Interprofessional teams; Power; Problem solving; Status; Team efficiency; Verbal dominance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84864774121     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2011.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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