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Difficulties in collaboration: A critical incident study of interprofessional healthcare teamwork

Susanne Kvarnström
- 01 Mar 2008 - 
- Vol. 22, Iss: 2, pp 191-203
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The main findings show difficulties related to the team dynamic that arose when team members acted towards one another as representatives of their professions, difficulties that occurred when the members' various knowledge contributions interacted in the team, and difficulties related in the influence of the surrounding organization.
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The challenge for members of interprofessional teams is to manage the team processes that occur in all teamwork while simultaneously managing their individual professional identities. The aim of th ...

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