Illusions of team working in health care

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 134-142

  West, Michael A ^a   Lyubovnikova, Joanne ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Errors; Health care; Patient safety; Team effectiveness; Team processes; Team working; Teams; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874800199     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777261311311843     Document Type: Article

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