Multidisciplinary team working across different tumour types: Analysis of a national survey

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1293-1300

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

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multidisciplinary; Neoplasms; Patient care team; Policy; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LUNG TUMOR; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAMWORK; URINARY TRACT TUMOR;

EID: 84860435807     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdr453     Document Type: Article

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