Overcoming obstacles to establish a multidisciplinary team approach to hepatobiliary diseases: A working model in a Caribbean setting

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 227-230

  Cawich, Shamir O ^a   Johnson, Peter B ^b   Shah, Sundeep ^b   Roberts, Patrick ^b   Arthurs, Milton ^b   Murphy, Trevor ^b   Bonadie, Kimon O ^b   Crandon, Ivor W ^a   Harding, Hyacinth E ^a   Hilal, Mohammed Abu ^c   Pearce, Neil W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Decision making; Health care policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAMAICA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TEAMWORK;

EID: 84901647905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S60604     Document Type: Article

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