The struggle to improve patient care in the face of professional boundaries.
Powell AE, Davies H. The struggle to improve patient care in the face of professional boundaries. Soc Sci Med. 2012;75(5):807-14. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.049.
In three British hospitals, poor teamwork between physicians and nurses impaired efforts to improve the quality of postoperative pain management due to both parties' reluctance to step outside their perceived professional boundaries.
Powell AE, Davies H. The struggle to improve patient care in the face of professional boundaries. Soc Sci Med. 2012;75(5):807-14. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.049.