Facilitators and barriers to teamworking and patient centeredness in multidisciplinary cancer teams: Findings of a national study

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1408-1416

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

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEAMWORK; WORKLOAD;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84880065778     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2676-9     Document Type: Article

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