title: Interdisciplinary health care: part I.
abstract: The development of the Health Care delivery system has been unorganized and fragmented. A need to integrate the various health care components is essential and a discussion of interdisciplinary health teams is presented as one model to alleviate these problems. Part I will discuss the historical parameters and the philosophical components of health care. Part II will present the problems and inherent possibilities of health teams. Part III will include a review of the Interdisciplinary Health Teams course at the University of Houston, College of Optometry.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009907:Optometry / Q000639:trends*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends*; D010684:Philosophy; D014481:United States