title: Managing the world outside the practice.
abstract: Health care depends on the esteem and co-operation of many people and organisations outside the ill-defined boundary of the practice. We need to build up networks of people working in a climate of co-operation, not competition or conflict. In this way we can achieve our goals in today's turbulent environment.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pritchard
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D011216:Practice Management, Medical