Commentary Toward a definition of teamwork in emergency medicine. Citation Text: Fernandez R, Kozlowski SWJ, Shapiro MJ, et al. Toward a definition of teamwork in emergency medicine. Acad Emerg Med. 2008;15(11):1104-12. doi:10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00250.x. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL October 22, 2008 Fernandez R, Kozlowski SWJ, Shapiro MJ, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2008;15(11):1104-12. View more articles from the same authors. Building on the results of a workshop, this article describes a taxonomy of teamwork processes to standardize training in emergency medicine. PubMed citation Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Fernandez R, Kozlowski SWJ, Shapiro MJ, et al. Toward a definition of teamwork in emergency medicine. 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