Integrated and interprofessional care
Author(s) -
Hugh Barr
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of integrated care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.083
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 1568-4156
DOI - 10.5334/ijic.987
Subject(s) - wonder , social care , workforce , integrated care , health care , nursing , social work , interprofessional education , public relations , medicine , psychology , political science , law , social psychology
No wonder two movements described in such similar terms are so often confused. One strives to knit services together, the other to cultivate collaborative practice amongst their workers. Dedicated though both of them are to the improvement of health and social care, integrated care falters without engaging the workforce actively as partners in change whilst interprofessional care falters without organisational support. Neither stands alone. Each depends on the other
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