Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Part I. Thinking Team Work 1. Mapping the Terrain Ahead 2. Shifting Boundaries 3. The Teams and Their Organizational Settings 4. Researching the Interprofessional: Theory/Practice/Site Part II. Displaying Team Work 5. Mapping Effectiveness/Achieving a More "Subtle Vision" 6. "We Talk About the Patients and Then We Have Coffee": Shaping Team Discussions 7. Teams as Author: Narrative and Knowledge Creation in Case Discussions 8. "Nobody Asked Me for My View": Clients' Empowerment in Interprofessional Team Work 9. Performing Knowledge Work Appendix: Transcript Conventions Notes References Index

Promotional Information

A universal method of working with teams that focuses on working with knowledge and is applicable to a variety of disciplines. Drawing on Foucaultian theories of discourse, Thinking Teams / Thinking Clients presents a postmodern look at team work that stresses working with professional knowledge in an organized context.

About the Author

Anne Opie is research manager for the Legal Services Board in Wellington, New Zealand. She has published extensively on issues in qualitative research and aging. Her writings include Beyond Good Intentions: Support Work with Older People.

Reviews

"Scholars will find the book to be well documented, and are likely to find the analysis of teamwork from the postmodern perspective to be enlightening." -- "Social Work with Groups"