Quality improvement in multidisciplinary cancer teams: An investigation of teamwork and clinical decision-making and cross-validation of assessments

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3535-3543

  Lamb, B W ^a,b   Sevdalis, N ^a   Mostafid, H ^c   Vincent, C ^a   Green, J S A ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BASINGSTOKE AND NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; TEAMWORK; VALIDATION STUDY;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 82955237446     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-1773-5     Document Type: Article

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