Collaboration orchestration in complex rehabilitation services—a qualitative study.
Interprofessional collaboration in rehabilitation is essential but challenging. Although factors supporting interprofessional collaboration are well known, how professionals make collaboration work within complex practices is underexamined. In response, we explored interprofessional collaboration an...
| Published in: | Journal of Interprofessional Care Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 239 - 250 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar/Apr2026
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