The future for public health
Chapter 16 The future for public health Mary Louise Fleming Learning objectives After reading this chapter, you should be able to: identify and describe the major challenges facing public health…
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Ethics and public health
Chapter 7 Ethics and public health Trish Gould Learning objectives After reading this chapter you should be able to: recognise that ‘ethics’ is often defined and approached in different ways…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
Chapter 15 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health Bronwyn Fredericks, Vanessa Lee, Mick Adams, Ray Mahoney Learning objectives After reading this chapter, you should be able to: describe the reasons…
Contemporary public health policy
Chapter 3 Contemporary public health policy Elizabeth Parker Learning objectives After reading this chapter, you should be able to: identify the terms policy, public policy and health policy, the stages…
Interprofessional teamwork: key concepts and issues
Introduction The previous two chapters helped to set the scene for the book by mapping the emergence of teamwork and describing a range of current developments. In this chapter we…
Synthesising studies of interprofessional teamwork
Introduction The previous three chapters have explored and critiqued how different teamwork interventions may be designed and implemented, informed by theory and evaluated. In this chapter we build on these…
A conceptual framework for interprofessional teamwork
Introduction The chapter presents our conceptual framework for interprofessional teamwork as a way of navigating through the complex array of issues health and social care teams encounter in their everyday…
Ways forward
Introduction In this chapter we draw together the narrative threads of the book. In doing so, we initially offer a reflection and summary of key issues we have previously discussed….
Interprofessional teamwork interventions
Introduction In this chapter we explore the use of different interventions designed to enhance interprofessional teamwork. We define an interprofessional intervention as a consciously developed and implemented activity which aims…
Using theory to better understand interprofessional teamwork
Introduction Accounts of interprofessional teamwork rarely draw upon theory. For example, while imbalances of power are often mentioned in studies of teamworking, theory is seldom used to provide deeper insights….
