This paper reports the findings from an action research study that used a reflective group method to work with nurses in general practice recently credentialed as cervical screeners. The research aimed to develop a new model of practice nurse service delivery within a multidisciplinary team. Findings demonstrated that poor interdisciplinary collaboration created barriers to changing the role of...

based on citation analysis, this work describes the growth and interdisciplinary patterns of nanoscale research in iran. it covers all the iranian isi papers on nanoscience and nanotechnology indexed in the isi databases in 2008 and surveys the corresponding data from the beginning to 2007. moreover, in an international context, a brief comparison is made between our data and those of other cou...

Great expectations and promises rest on interdisciplinarity in nanoscale research. Yet, although many science and engineering disciplines actually began to engage in this field, it is only poorly understood what interdisciplinarity actually is and what factors hinder and promote it. Part I provides an introduction to interdisciplinarity, its cognitive and social elements, and its related concep...