title: The roles of health care teams in care of the elderly.
abstract: In this brief overview of the issues relating to health care teams in geriatric care, some advantages of multidisciplinary team care versus care by an individual practitioner are outlined. An examination of barriers to teamwork and strategies to overcome them follows. Finally, a Canadian program in which medical students and family practice residents participated in interdisciplinary teamwork is described.
authors.affiliation: Regional Geriatric Program, Sunnybrook Health Science Center, North York, Ontario, Canada.
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authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada; D005194:Family Practice; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012017:Referral and Consultation