Teams and Teamwork During a Cancer Diagnosis: Interdependency Within and Between Teams
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: This article discusses the care process among three groups (primary care, radiology, and surgery) aiding a 57-year-old woman during her screening mammography and diagnosis of breast cancer. This is the first in a series of articles exploring principles and topics relevant to teams guiding clinicians involved in cancer care. The challenges demonstrated in this case illustrate how clinicians work within and between groups to deliver this first phase of cancer care. The case helps demonstrate the differences between groups and teams. Focusing on the patient and the overall process of care coordination can help move groups toward becoming teams who deliver better care by identifying and managing goals, roles, and interdependent care tasks. Care providers and researchers can use the case to consider their own work and essential aspects of teamwork needed to improve care, patient outcomes, and the evidence that supports each.
Source: Journal of Oncology Practice
Institutions: University of Central Florida, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Brigham and Women's Hospital, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine, National Cancer Institute, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2129334000