ABSTRACT
Working in a team has its advantages and disadvantages. The obvious good aspects that we would all acknowledge are the feelings of support, a joint purpose, and possibly a shared identity. For example, there is the comfort of being in a professional groupnurses or therapists or social workers-or perhaps working in the same geographical location to improve the situation of local people. We may work from the same base, for the same general practice or on the same unit, and what we have in common is our client group. Yet often the disadvantages of working in a team are concealed and less well articulated: they can often feel like failures. Meaningful, useful communication or the lack of it can be at the root of the problem.
