Successful strategies in implementing a multidisciplinary team working in the care of patients with cancer: an overview and synthesis of the available literature

• Published in: Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare Vol. 11; pp. 49 - 61
• Main Authors: Soukup, Tayana, Lamb, Benjamin, Arora, Sonal, Darzi, Ara, Sevdalis, Nick, Green, James
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2018; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Best practices; Cancer; cancer MDT; cancer meeting; Cancer patients; Cancer therapies; Care and treatment; Clinical outcomes; Collaboration; Decision making; Evidence-based medicine; MDM; Meetings; Patient care; Patients; patients with cancer; Quality; Review; Teams; Teamwork (Workplace); United Kingdom > UK; England; cancer MDT; cancer meeting; patients with cancer; MDM

In many health care systems globally, cancer care is driven by multidisciplinary cancer teams (MDTs). A large number of studies in the past few years and across different literature have been performed to better understand how these teams work and how they manage patient care. The aim of our literat...