While it is recognised that effective health care teams are associated with quality patient
care, the literature is comparatively sparse in defining the outcomes of effective teamwork …

Background: Patient-centered care (PCC) is a poorly conceptualized phenomenon and can
indicate anything from soothing room design, emotional support of patients, customization of …

As central figures in the healthcare team, nurses encounter a wide range of role
expectations that increasingly require heightened interpersonal communication skills. Role …

A primary prescription that policy makers and practitioners have offered for meeting the
challenges facing the National Health Service is the development of multidisciplinary team …

Over the past 10 years, the field of health services and management research has seen
renewed interest in the use of qualitative research methods. This article examines the …

This paper examines the implications of racial diversity for the self-perceived communication
effectiveness of nursing care teams. An RN leads the nursing care team (NCT) and delivers …

Background Although team-based work is deemed key to improving the quality of national
health care systems, adverse events related to teamwork account for up to one third of all …

Initiatives to reduce racial and ethnic disparities are conceptualized as a three-legged stool.
Public policy: to ensure a legal and regulatory environment designed to eliminate disparities …

The emerging trend toward physically distributed work teams has necessitated a critical
inquiry into the nature and roles of psychological contract and leadership in virtual settings …

Diversity can have positive and negative effects on team decision making. Text
communication has been put forth as one solution to addressing this duality of team …