How are Certified Child Life Specialists perceived by healthcare professionals?: A call for interprofessional collaboration.
Certified child life specialists (CCLS) depend on collaboration with healthcare professionals for awareness of patient needs; however, historically other healthcare professionals misunderstand the CCLS role. The purpose of this study was to examine how healthcare professionals perceived the CCLS rol...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Interprofessional Care Vol. 39; no. 6; pp. 924 - 933 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov/Dec2025
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