Factors that can make an impact on decision-making and decision implementation in cancer multidisciplinary teams: An interview study of the provider perspective

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 389-394

  Jalil, Rozh ^a,b   Ahmed, Maria ^a   Green, James S A ^b,c   Sevdalis, Nick ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Decision implementation; Decision making; Multidisciplinary team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEAMWORK; TELECONFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 84877620618     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.02.026     Document Type: Article

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