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Primary care teams
Author(s) -
BAMFORD TERRY
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1987.tb00309.x
Subject(s) - primary care , northern ireland , primary health care , general practice , nursing , social care , social work , local authority , child protection , secondary care , key (lock) , health care , medicine , sociology , political science , family medicine , public administration , computer science , ethnology , computer security , law
SUMMARY. Northern Ireland has a health and social services structure which should lead to the easier establishment of effective primary care teams. Following an analysis of constraints on interprofessional collaboration, various models of practice in Northern Ireland and in England and Wales are discussed to demonstrate potential solutions. Child abuse in particular is used to identify both problems and ways forward, especially concerning the general practitioner's key role in the primary care team