For palliative care (PC) clinicians, the work of caring for patients with serious illness can put
their own well-being at risk. What they often do not learn in training, because of the relative …

Health care providers and consumers in the United States exist in a system that is fraught
with errors, inconsistencies, and inefficiencies. The Institute of Medicine has estimated that …

Purpose The healthcare system in the USA is undergoing unprecedented change and its
share of unintended consequences. This paper explores the leadership role of the physician …

Aims Outcomes for patients with oesophago-gastric cancer are variable across Europe. The
reasons for this variability are not clear. The aim of this study was to describe and analyse …

Cohesive interprofessional teamwork is essential to successful healthcare services.
Interprofessional teamwork is the means by which different healthcare professionals--with …

Aims A discussion of the literature concerning the impact of care pathways in the complex
and by definition multidisciplinary process of organ donation following brain death …

The anatomy laboratory provides an ideal environment for the integration of clinical contexts
as the willed‐donor is often regarded as a student's “first patient.” This study evaluated an …

There is evidence that clinical pathways improve quality of care; however, knowledge is
limited concerning the influence on and the benefits experienced by the interprofessional …

ABSTRACT The Care Process Self-Evaluation Tool (CPSET) assesses key characteristics of
well-organised care processes in hospitals from an interprofessional team perspective. The …

Background To establish integrated healthcare pathways for patients with
neurodevelopmental disorders (ND) such as autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit …