I'm studying how specialists discuss with each other a single clinical case, where they also provide a differential diagnosis and the goal is to come up with treatment options for the patient. Are there studies, could be textbooks, that deal with how such discussions are organized, how decision-making works, etc.?
Some additional specification: I'm particularly interested in how multidisciplinary meetings are organized in which the goal is to come up with a (differential) diagnosis and treatment plan.
You could check the New England Journal of Medicine, you certainly will find something there
There are multiple forms case discussions take in (1) medical and (2) surgical subspecialties. Here areseveral types: tumor boards in which ocologists, radiation specialists, and surgeons actual cases of patients and how they should be best treated now actively. These tumor boards discuss from different perspectives what is the best therapy for a particular patient now. Other now-therapy groups involve cardiologists and cardiac surgeons: treat medically-now or treat surgically-now.
Other case presentation types are varieties of "morbidity and mortality" cases which involve post-therapy adverse outcome cases in which a patient sustains an injury or death, and the cases are discussed as: what went wrong or what didn't go right.
Dennis
Dennis Mazur
Dear Dr. Lucas Seuren,
The following links can provide you with more detailed information on the issue.
https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Communities+of+Practice+in+Health+and+Social+Care-p-9781405168304
https://www.amazon.com/Practice-based-Evidence-Healthcare-Clinical-Mindlines/dp/0415486696
http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9788847001398
https://www.amazon.com/Diagnostic-Principles-Applications-Avoiding-Providing/dp/1461411106
See this article: Dew, K., M.Stubbe et al 2015. Cancer care decisionmakingbin multidisciplinary meetings. Qualitative Health Research, 25(3). pp397-407.
Regards,
Maria
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