Author:
Klemperer Frances,Herzberg J. L.
Abstract
The responsibility for patient treatment is shifting from physician to non-physician professionals throughout medicine. Multidisciplinary teams are replacing hierarchical structures in which the consultant is dominant, particularly in disciplines which care for patients suffering from multiple or chronic disabilities.
Publisher
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health
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