The cancer multi-disciplinary team from the co-ordinators' perspective: Results from a national survey in the UK

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jalil, Rozh ^a,b,d   Lamb, Benjamin ^a,c   Russ, Stephanie ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^a   Green, James S A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coordinator; Decision; Multidisciplinary team; Training

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870953356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-457     Document Type: Article

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