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Group effort in resuscitation teams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2016

Rainer Spiegel*
Affiliation:
Basel University Hospital, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. [email protected]://www.unispital-basel.ch/

Abstract

Baumeister and colleagues underline that individual identification and differentiation of selves are important characteristics for group performance. They name specialization, moral responsibility, and efficiency as vital components of well-functioning groups. In my commentary, I transfer their framework to the group effort within resuscitation teams to discuss for the first time how these components determine teamwork during resuscitation.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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