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The challenge of putting principles into practice: Resource tensions and real‐world constraints in multidisciplinary oncology team meetings
Author(s) -
Lamprell Klay,
Arnolda Gaston,
Delaney Geoff P.,
Liauw Winston,
Braithwaite Jeffrey
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asia‐pacific journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1743-7563
pISSN - 1743-7555
DOI - 10.1111/ajco.13166
Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , scope (computer science) , multidisciplinary team , best practice , health care , medicine , resource (disambiguation) , set (abstract data type) , medical education , nursing , engineering ethics , political science , computer science , engineering , computer network , law , programming language
Multidisciplinary oncology team meetings are crucial hubs for integrated, patient‐centered diagnosis and treatment planning. Team meetings are designed to enact the best practice principles of multidisciplinary care. Yet surveys of clinicians and allied health providers who are members of multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) identify real‐world constraints on putting principles into practice. We review the guidelines for multidisciplinary care set out by Cancer Australia and scope the real‐world constraints in enacting each of these guidelines, focusing on the crucial MDT meeting component of multidisciplinary care. We discuss resources and strategies required for compliance.