RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Assessment of dysfunctional teams
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 241
OP 242
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-3-241
VO 3
IS 3
A1 John D Ward
YR 2003
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/3/241.abstract
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.