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Team Leadership and Cancer End-of-Life Decision Making
- Source :
- Journal of Oncology Practice. 12:1135-1140
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2016.
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Abstract
- End-of-life decision making in cancer can be a complicated process. Patients and families encounter multiple providers throughout their cancer care. When the efforts of these providers are not well coordinated in teams, opportunities for high-quality, longitudinal goals of care discussions can be missed. This article reviews the case of a 55-year-old man with lung cancer, illustrating the barriers and missed opportunities for end-of-life decision making in his care through the lens of team leadership, a key principle in the science of teams. The challenges demonstrated in this case reflect the importance of the four functions of team leadership: information search and structuring, information use in problem solving, managing personnel resources, and managing material resources. Engaging in shared leadership of these four functions can help care providers improve their interactions with patients and families concerning end-of-life care decision making. This shared leadership can also produce a cohesive care plan that benefits from the expertise of the range of available providers while reflecting patient needs and preferences. Clinicians and researchers should consider the roles of team leadership functions and shared leadership in improving patient care when developing and studying models of cancer care delivery.
- Subjects :
- Male
Lung Neoplasms
Knowledge management
Process (engineering)
Decision Making
education
Shared leadership
End of life decision
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Team leadership
0502 economics and business
Humans
Medicine
Patient Care Team
Terminal Care
Oncology (nursing)
business.industry
Health Policy
05 social sciences
Middle Aged
Leadership
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Material resources
business
050203 business & management
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1935469X and 15547477
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Oncology Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ee9eeef3fccbf8ed96618eb31ba3b928