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Teamwork in primary care: the views and experiences of nurses, midwives and health visitors
Author(s) -
Wiles Rose,
Robison Judy
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1994.20020324.x
Subject(s) - teamwork , nursing , primary health care , primary care , psychology , medicine , medline , medical education , family medicine , political science , population , environmental health , law
This paper reports on findings from a study of teamwork in primary care in one family health services authority in England It is based on interviews using a semi‐structured questionnaire with practice nurses, district nurses, health visitors and midwives in 20 practices Six topics emerged as important in relation to the views of nurses, midwives and health visitors and their experiences of teamwork team identity, leadership, access to general practitioners, philosophies of care, understanding of team members' roles and responsibilities, and, disagreement regarding roles and responsibilities Differences in the various views and experiences of teamwork were identified Midwives and health visitors emerged as the least integrated members of the primary health care team Recent changes to the organization of primary health care services, as well as professional changes, are seen as accounting for the different experiences of the nursing groups The potential for teamwork in the future is discussed