title: Multidisciplinary collaboration: conceptual development as a foundation for patient-focused care.
abstract: A participatory action research design using a combination of qualitative methods was used to induce a conceptual definition of multidisciplinary collaboration and to develop a measure of the concept among health care workers. Conclusions from the study include strategies to foster multidisciplinary collaboration among health care workers when health care delivery systems are being reengineered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*