title: Information sharing in interdisciplinary team meetings: an evaluation of hospice goals.
abstract: The author observed interdisciplinary team (IDT) meetings of "Town Hospice" to examine how the company goal of providing for the "psychosocial needs of the patient and their loved ones" is addressed. More specifically, she used an ethnographic approach to explore how case managers negotiate the addition of psychosocial information about patients during IDT meetings. She found that psychosocial information on patients was primarily limited to three types of information sharing: (a) information related to care goals, (b) family issues related to bereavement and caretaking, and (c) the request of additional help from team members. Furthermore, she understood that the addition of psychosocial information creates a dialectical tension for the team.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication at the University of Texas, San Antonio, USA.
authors.forename: Elaine M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Wittenberg-Lyles
mesh_terms: D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D019090:Case Management; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D015146:Midwestern United States; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D019370:Observation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010348:Patient Care Team; D036301:Qualitative Research; D035503:Sociobiology