Both comprehensive and accessible, this is an ideal resource for anyone who plans to teach or practice integrated, cost-effective healthcare in the 21st century. he text: explores the complexities of interprofessional teamwork and education, addressing both practice and teaching; discusses how patients are affected by healthcare providers who do not function as a cohesive team and looks at the patient's role in teamwork; offers a detailed model of interprofessional teamwork based on the authors' experience with a long-term, well-functioning interprofessional healthcare team; uses illustrative narratives and case studies to provide examples of the concepts and principles presented; includes a chapter based on interviews with patients and their caregivers to highlight experiences with functional and dysfunctional teams; presents new topics, such as critical areas of practice (primary care, long-term care, and transitions of care); ethical issues in teamwork; educational theory; the use of narrative; and challenges in sustaining interprofessional education.

Preceded by Health care teamwork : interdisciplinary practice and teaching / Theresa J.K. Drinka and Phillip G. Clark ; foreword by DeWitt C. Baldwin, Jr. 2000.

Health care and teamwork in a business-driven environment -- Healthcare teams and business teams : a mix of assumptions and values -- Communication in an interprofessional team environment : narratives, myths, metaphors, and mental images -- Key elements in team development and maintenance -- Leadership and power on interprofessional healthcare teams -- Conflict and problem solving on interprofessional healthcare teams -- The patient as teacher and learner -- Values and ethical issues in interprofessional practice : a new dimension of teamwork -- Theory in interprofessional education : there is nothing so practical as a good theory -- Developing and maintaining interprofessional education : the devil is in the details -- Final thoughts and reflections.