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Multidisciplinary cancer care in Spain, or when the function creates the organ: qualitative interview study

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dc.creator Prades, Joan
dc.creator Borràs Andrés, Josep Maria
dc.date 2011-06-08T10:35:32Z
dc.date 2011-06-08T10:35:32Z
dc.date 2011-02-28
dc.date 2011-03-10T18:48:50Z
dc.date.accessioned 2024-12-16T10:26:21Z
dc.date.available 2024-12-16T10:26:21Z
dc.identifier 1471-2458
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2445/18328
dc.identifier 590218
dc.identifier 21356063
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20965
dc.description Background The Spanish National Health System recognised multidisciplinary care as a health priority in 2006, when a national strategy for promoting quality in cancer care was first published. This institutional effort is being implemented on a co-operative basis within the context of Spain's decentralised health care system, so a high degree of variability is to be expected. This study was aimed to explore the views of professionals working with multidisciplinary cancer teams and identify which barriers to effective team work should be considered to ensure implementation of health policy. Methods Qualitative interview study with semi-structured, one-to-one interviews. Data were examined inductively, using content analysis to generate categories and an explanatory framework. 39 professionals performing their tasks, wholly or in part, in different multidisciplinary cancer teams were interviewed. The breakdown of participants' medical specialisations was as follows: medical oncologists (n = 10); radiation oncologists (n = 8); surgeons (n = 7); pathologists or radiologists (n = 6); oncology nurses (n = 5); and others (n = 3). Results Teams could be classified into three models of professional co-operation in multidisciplinary cancer care, namely, advisory committee, formal co-adaptation and integrated care process. The following barriers to implementation were posed: existence of different gateways for the same patient profile; variability in development and use of clinical protocols and guidelines; role of the hospital executive board; outcomes assessment; and the recording and documenting of clinical decisions in a multidisciplinary team setting. All these play a key role in the development of cancer teams and their ability to improve quality of care. Conclusion Cancer team development results from an specific adaptation to the hospital environment. Nevertheless, health policy plays an important role in promoting an organisational approach that changes the way in which professionals develop their clinical practice.
dc.format 10 p.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher BioMed Central
dc.relation Reproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-141
dc.relation BMC Public Health, 2011, vol. 11:141
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-141
dc.rights cc-by (c) Prades et al., 2011
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques)
dc.subject Malalts de càncer
dc.subject Assistència mèdica
dc.subject Espanya
dc.subject Cancer patients
dc.subject Medical care
dc.subject Spain
dc.title Multidisciplinary cancer care in Spain, or when the function creates the organ: qualitative interview study
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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