Table 2.

Identified collaboration patterns.

Pattern	Description
Self-contained	Only one discipline (either nurse or physician) intervenes in patient treatment.
Tacit leader	Two disciplines, nurse and physician, one of whom is the leader of the treatment.
Shared	Two disciplines, without a leader. Each discipline refers the majority of their cardiovascular periodic appointments to another discipline.
Participatory	Three disciplines participate equitably. There is no leader.
Equitably centered	Three disciplines, in which the physician is the leader. The nurse and the dietitian respond primarily to the physician, but they also interact among themselves (to a lesser extent).
Hierarchically centered	Three disciplines, in which the physician is the leader. The nurse and the dietitian respond primarily to the physician, and they do not interact among themselves.
Self‑referred leader	Three disciplines, in which the physician has almost complete control over treatment, receiving only minimal support from the other disciplines, primarily the dietitian.