Interprofessional collaboration in the healthcare industry. The benefits of getting it right and the dangers of getting it wrong. - Timothy John Whittard - Bog

Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Health - Miscellaneous, grade: Pass, University of the West of England, Bristol, course: Mental Health Nursing, language: English, abstract: This is the final instalment in the series of essays examining the subject of interprofessional working within the healthcare industry. A range of issues are discussed and the implications, findings and recommendations of a wide range of sources are used to support any arguments.

The literature reviewed highlights past errors, mistakes and pitfalls, the consequences of these and ways that healthcare professionals may work together to reduce the likelihood or prevent the repetition of such disasters and omissions of action to safeguard the vulnerable in future.