“…Social factors are the source of power differences that may exist between professionals in a team and these factors have an impact on how collaborative practice develops. In fact, equality between professionals, one of the basic characteristics of collaborative practice (Evans, 1994;Henneman, Lee & Cohen, 1995;King, 1990;Pike at al., 1993), is impeded when there are power differences based in gender stereotypes and disparate social status among the professionals in a team, and this constitutes an important barrier to interprofessional collaboration (Bradford, 1989;Krebs, Myers, Decker, Kinzler, Asfahani, & Jackson, 1996;Fagin, 1992;Hanson et al, 2000;Henneman et al, 1995;Lindeke & Block, 1998;Lockhart-Wood, 2000;Mariano, 1989;Pike et al, 1993;Reese & Sontang, 2001;Sweet & Norman, 1995;Walsh, Brabeck & Howard, 1999).…”