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How to Describe Interprofessional Working

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Interprofessional Working for Health and Social Care

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‘Why do you all ask me that same question — don’t you people talk to each other?’ We have all had clients say this, and many of us have explained it as a problem of ‘bureaucracy’ or ‘communications’ — the two explanations for problems which most people seem to accept. But when we and the other people whom the client has been seeing are all part of one team, we question what type of team we are in and how effective it is.

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  1. Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg, Sweden

    John Øvretveit BSc, MPhil, PhD, CPsychol, MHSM (Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Director of the Nordic Quality Network)

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  1. John Øvretveit BSc, MPhil, PhD, CPsychol, MHSM
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  1. Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg, Sweden

    John Øvretveit BSc, MPhil, PhD, CPsychol, MHSM (Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Director of the Nordic Quality Network) (Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Director of the Nordic Quality Network)

  2. Ashworth Centre, Ashworth Hospital, Liverpool, UK

    Tony Thompson MA, BEd, RMN, RNMH, DN, CertEd, RNT (Director of Practice Development) (Director of Practice Development)

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Øvretveit, J. (1997). How to Describe Interprofessional Working. In: Øvretveit, J., Mathias, P., Thompson, T. (eds) Interprofessional Working for Health and Social Care. Community Health Care Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13873-9_2

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