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Teamwork and satisfaction: the team member's view of multidisciplinary teams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Frances Klemperer
Affiliation:
Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT
J. L. Herzberg
Affiliation:
Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT
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The responsibility for patient treatment is shifting from physician to non-physician professionals throughout medicine. Multidisciplinary teams are replacing hierarchical structures in which the consultant is dominant, particularly in disciplines which care for patients suffering from multiple or chronic disabilities.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1993

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