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. 2020 Sep 29;5(9):e003349. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003349

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Power pyramid of professions in healthcare and direction for role-boundary changes. Vertical substitution is possible in any vertical direction, horizontal substitution is possible between professions at equal level on the power gradient. Both types of shifts can both be consensual or conflictual. Adapted from Nancarrow and Borthwick.38