The role of oncologists in multidisciplinary cancer teams in the UK: An untapped resource for team leadership?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1200-1206

  Lamb, Benjamin ^a,b   Payne, Heather ^c   Vincent, Charles ^d   Sevdalis, Nick ^d   Green, James S A ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; communication; leadership; multidisciplinary; oncology; teamwork

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM; ONCOLOGIST; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 80755168297     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01507.x     Document Type: Article

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