How do patients make decisions in the context of a multidisciplinary team: an ethnographic study of four head and neck cancer centres in the north of England

DW Hamilton, B Heaven, R Thomson, J Wilson… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To describe how patients are engaged with cancer decisions in the context of
multidisciplinary team (MDT) and how MDT recommendations are operationalised in the …

Multidisciplinary team decision-making in cancer and the absent patient: a qualitative study

DW Hamilton, B Heaven, RG Thomson, JA Wilson… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To critically examine the process of multidisciplinary team (MDT) decision-making
with a particular focus on patient involvement. Design Ethnographic study using direct non …

[HTML][HTML] “No decision about me without me” in the context of cancer multidisciplinary team meetings: a qualitative interview study

C Taylor, J Finnegan-John, JSA Green - BMC health services research, 2014 - Springer
Background Cancer care is commonly managed by multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) who
meet to discuss and agree treatment for individual patients. Patients do not attend MDT …

Degrees of multidisciplinarity underpinning care planning for patients with cancer in weekly multidisciplinary team meetings: conversation analysis

T Soukup, G Murtagh, BW Lamb… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Despite an increase in research on multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings, the
implementation of MDT-driven decision-making, ie, its fidelity, remains unstudied. We report …

Multidisciplinary team meetings in cancer care: a qualitative study of the role of status hierarchies in the decision making process

IG Wallace - 2017 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
BACKGROUND: Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are the established model for managing
cancer care in England. Weekly MDT meetings bring together different healthcare …

[HTML][HTML] Factors that can make an impact on decision-making and decision implementation in cancer multidisciplinary teams: an interview study of the provider …

R Jalil, M Ahmed, JSA Green, N Sevdalis - International journal of surgery, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: It is becoming a standard practice worldwide for cancer patients to be
discussed by a multidisciplinary team (MDT or 'tumour board') in order to formulate an expert …

[HTML][HTML] Translation of oncology multidisciplinary team meeting (MDM) recommendations into clinical practice

SK Vinod, NT Wellege, S Kim, KJ Duggan… - BMC Health Services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Multidisciplinary team meeting (MDM) processes differ according to clinical
setting and tumour site. This can impact on decision making. This study aimed to evaluate …

Improving the effectiveness of cancer multidisciplinary team meetings: analysis of a national survey of MDT members' opinions about streamlining patient discussions

L Hoinville, C Taylor, M Zasada, R Warner… - BMJ Open …, 2019 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Background Cancer is diagnosed and managed by multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) in the UK
and worldwide, these teams meet regularly in MDT meetings (MDMs) to discuss individual …

[HTML][HTML] Benefits, barriers and opinions on multidisciplinary team meetings: a survey in Swedish cancer care

L Rosell, N Alexandersson, O Hagberg… - BMC health services …, 2018 - Springer
Background Case review and discussion at multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTMs) have
evolved into standard practice in cancer care with the aim to provide evidence-based …

Cancer multidisciplinary team meetings in practice: results from a multi‐institutional quantitative survey and implications for policy change

NM Rankin, M Lai, D Miller, P Beale… - Asia‐Pacific Journal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Multidisciplinary care is advocated as best practice in cancer care. Relatively little is
documented about multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting functioning, decision making and …