Thoracic oncology multidisciplinary teams: Between the promises and challenges

The thoracic oncology multidisciplinary teams are playing an increasing role in the management of thoracic malignancies. These teams have a great potential to improve the patient care and the health care system, however, they are faced by many challenges. To realize the full potential of these teams...

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Autores principales: Jazieh, Abdul-Rahman, Al Hadab, Abdulrahman, Howington, John
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2700435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19561883
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.38395
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author Jazieh, Abdul-Rahman
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description The thoracic oncology multidisciplinary teams are playing an increasing role in the management of thoracic malignancies. These teams have a great potential to improve the patient care and the health care system, however, they are faced by many challenges. To realize the full potential of these teams, a better understanding of their functions, roles, benefits and challenges from all involved including teams members and leadership is crucial.
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spelling pubmed-27004352009-06-25 Thoracic oncology multidisciplinary teams: Between the promises and challenges Jazieh, Abdul-Rahman Al Hadab, Abdulrahman Howington, John Ann Thorac Med Commentary The thoracic oncology multidisciplinary teams are playing an increasing role in the management of thoracic malignancies. These teams have a great potential to improve the patient care and the health care system, however, they are faced by many challenges. To realize the full potential of these teams, a better understanding of their functions, roles, benefits and challenges from all involved including teams members and leadership is crucial. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC2700435/ /pubmed/19561883 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.38395 Text en © Annals of Thoracic Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Thoracic oncology multidisciplinary teams: Between the promises and challenges
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title_full Thoracic oncology multidisciplinary teams: Between the promises and challenges
title_fullStr Thoracic oncology multidisciplinary teams: Between the promises and challenges
title_full_unstemmed Thoracic oncology multidisciplinary teams: Between the promises and challenges
title_short Thoracic oncology multidisciplinary teams: Between the promises and challenges
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2700435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19561883
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.38395
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