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Volume 329:1750 December 2, 1993 Number 23
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Managing Boundaries in the Health Professions

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By John G. Bruhn, Harold G. Levine, and Paula L. Levine. 253 pp. Springfield, Ill., Charles C Thomas, 1993. $52.75. ISBN 0-398-05863-6.

It is unusual for a book to be timely and innovative when published. This book concerning boundaries and territoriality in the health professions is both. In these times of budget cuts, cross-training, restructuring, seamless systems, and health care reform, the importance of boundaries in the health professions is enormous. How boundaries are managed can make the difference between unity and disharmony and determine the success or failure of the changes that must be made in the health professions.

The authors speak credibly from their knowledge of academic health centers. They show an appreciation of the issues from the perspectives of . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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