title: Breaking down the hierarchies.
abstract: ALL TOO often teamwork and collaboration are just words. What is needed is a new theoretical framework and practical tools to shift healthcare relationships from hierarchies of domination and isolated professions to high-functioning, collaborative teams prepared to be full partners with patients, families, communities and one another. Such a move is especially important for nurses, who are often at the bottom of the old hierarchies.
authors.affiliation: California Institute of Integral Studies.
authors.forename: Riane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eisler
authors.forename: Teddie
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Potter