Interprofessional education and practice

The factors that fostered the birth of interprofessional practice and are nurturing its early adolescence hold promise of encouraging a vibrant maturity. As several of the authors in this issue have postulated, tomorrow's culture will see the continuing explosion of professional knowledge, increasing specialization, a growing desire and necessity for treating clients as whole persons, and, in general, a more complex society in which all aspects of life become increasingly interrelated. This future need not be frightening. In fact, the soon-to-be-in-place web of interprofessional communication and concerted action will result in the

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