Challenges in multidisciplinary cancer care among general surgeons in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While many factors can influence the way that cancer care is delivered, including the way that evidence is packaged and disseminated, little research has evaluated how health care professionals who manage cancer patients seek and use this information to identify whether and how this could be supported. Through interviews we identified that general surgeons experience challenges in coordinating care for complex cancer patients whose management is not easily addressed by guidelines, and conducted a population-based survey of general surgeon information needs and information seeking practices to extend these findings.

Methods

General surgeons with privileges at acute care hospitals in Ontario, Canada were mailed a questionnaire to solicit information needs (task, imp

SUBMITTER: Gagliardi AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2631026 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature