An ethnographic investigation of junior doctors' capacities to practice interprofessionally in three teaching hospitals

Journal of Interprofessional Care

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 347-353

  Milne, Jacqueline ^a   Greenfield, David ^b   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Complexity; Ethnography; Interprofessional collaboration; Interprofessional practice; Professional boundaries; Professional cultures

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TEACHING ROUND;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; TEACHING ROUNDS;

EID: 84945976543     PISSN: 13561820     EISSN: 14699567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13561820.2015.1004039     Document Type: Article

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