Waiting times for cancer treatment: The impact of multi-disciplinary team meetings

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 467-471

  Goolam Hossen, Tracy ^a,b   Metcalfe, Chris ^b   Cameron, Alison ^c   Rocos, Brett ^a   Falk, Stephen ^c   Blazeby, Jane M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decision making; health service organisation; multi disciplinary team meetings; patient centred care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL INFORMATION; HEALTH SERVICE ORGANISATION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS; PATIENT CHOICE; PATIENT-CENTRED CARE; WAITING TIME;

DECISION MAKING; DISEASES;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

EID: 79960359083     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2011.553747     Document Type: Conference Paper

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