Teamwork and team performance in multidisciplinary cancer teams: Development and evaluation of an observational assessment tool

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 849-856

  Lamb, Benjamin W ^a,b   Wong, Helen W L ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a   Green, James S A ^b   Sevdalis, Nick ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; SURGEON; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAMWORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 80955178843     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.048660     Document Type: Article

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