PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - John D Ward
TI  - Assessment of dysfunctional teams
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-3-241
DP  - 2003 May 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 241--242
VI  - 3
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/3/241.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/3/241.full
SO  - Clin Med2003 May 01; 3
AB  - The multidisciplinary medical team is now a prominent feature of our modern medical care system. Over the last 40 years the ‘medical team’ or ‘firm’ has changed in many ways resulting in a way of working which can be deeply satisfying for the team members and beneficial to patients they care for. However, if the team does not function well as a unit the reverse can apply, with much dissatisfaction among staff, and substandard treatment of patients. This short article is a personal view of how things go wrong and how to improve matters based on personal experience of dysfunctional teams.