TY - JOUR T1 - Assessment of dysfunctional teams JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 241 LP - 242 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-3-241 VL - 3 IS - 3 AU - John D Ward Y1 - 2003/05/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/3/241.abstract N2 - 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. ER -