Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Taylor, Cath
• Munro, Alastair J
• Glynne-Jones, Rob
• Griffith, Clive
• Trevatt, Paul
• Richards, Michael
• Ramirez, Amanda J

Titel

Multidisciplinary team working in cancer: what is the evidence?

Ist Teil von

• BMJ, 2010-03, Vol.340 (7749), p.c951-c951

Auflage

International edition

Ort / Verlag

England: BMJ Publishing Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Multidisciplinary team working has been implemented in cancer care systems throughout much of Europe, the United States, and Australia, without any clear evidence for its effectiveness. In the UK, multidisciplinary teams have more recently been recommended for the management of other conditions including diabetes, stroke and neurological rehabilitation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,3 and coronary heart disease. The rationale for introducing multidisciplinary teams is that as the management of disease becomes more complex, it is important to involve all key professional groups in making clinical decisions for individual patients. Here, Taylor et al describe the implementation of multidisciplinary teams in cancer services in England and review the international evidence for their effectiveness.