Interprofessional relations in health care / edited by Keith Soothill, Lesley Mackay, Christine Webb. - London : E. Arnold, 1995. - vii,376p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part A.Introduction -- 1.Troubled times: the context for interprofessional collaboration? Lesley Mackay, Keith Soothill and Christine Webb -- 2.War and peace among the health tribes. Alan Beattie -- Part B.The reality of current interprofessional work -- 3.Contested territory and community services: interprofessional boundaries in health and social care. Richard Hugman -- 4.Effectiveness of interprofessional relationshps: a case illustration of joint working. Tom Chapman, Richard Hugman and Anne Williams -- 5.Managing values and organizational climate in a multiprofessional setting. Richard Cole and Michael Perides -- 6.Implementing community care. John Carpenter -- 7.Clinicians as mangers: convergence or collison? Anna Lorbiecki -- 8.General practitioners and community pharmacists: interprofessional relations in health centres. Geoff Harding and Kevin Taylor -- Part C.Education and training for working together -- 9.Multiprofessional education at the undergradaute level. Nils-Holger Areskog -- 10.Interprofessional education for primary health and community care: present state and future needs. John Horder -- 11.Exploring the value of interprofessional shared learning. Peter Funnell -- 12.Interprofessional shared learning: a curriculum for collaboration. Janet Gill and John Ling -- 13.Learning to be a better team-player: initiativves in continuing educaiton in primary health care. Mary Thomas -- Part D.Underlying issues examined -- 14.Nurses, management and morale: a diagnosis of decline in the NHS hospital service. Stephen Ackroyd -- 15.Nurses and doctors: aproblem of partnership. Kevin Kendrick -- 16.Professional ethics and organizational change. Christine Henry -- 17.Codes of professional conduct and dilemmas of professional practice. Kevin Kendrick -- 18.Management issues in interprofessional work with older people. Julie Dockrell and Gail Wilson -- 19.Choice, continuity and control? Recent developments in maternity care in Britain. Jane Sandall -- 20.Patients and professionals. June Greenwell -- 21.Patients in interprofessional practice. Eileen McLeod -- 22.The patient as pawn in interprofessional relationshps. Lesley Mackay.

Drawing together a wide range of material produced by doctors, nurses, pharmacists, managers and others, this text explores the working practices, attitudes and relations in the professional health care team. Practical and educational aspects are addressed, together with a range of topical issues.

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Medical care--Great Britain
Medical personnel--Training of--Great Britain
Medical personnel--Great Britain
Professional employees--Training of--Great Britain
Professional employees--Great Britain
Health systems & services
Communication studies
Psychological theory & schools of thought
Delivery of Health Care--organization & administration--Great Britain
Interprofessional relations.
State Medicine--Organization & administration--Great Britain

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