Originally a math PhD, Goertzel is now a multidisciplinary scientist, author, and entrepreneur.
The review process was done by a multidisciplinary team: one author conducted the information retrieval (incl. pre-screening) while screening, reviewing and summarizing the results were done by all authors - inter alia an ethicist.
An international, multidisciplinary panel of authors examined the relevant theoretical literature and empirical evidence through 2012.
For example, the Department of Health Good Practice Guide (2009) represents a patient-centered approach reflecting opinions of the multidisciplinary team of authors.
Themes were shared and debated with the multidisciplinary team of authors and a concordance of views on common themes was reached after discussion and debate.
Since the authors of this paper belong to a variety of disciplines (e.g. family medicine, sociology, health care research), the analyses benefited from a multidisciplinary perspective: The authors drafted memos and discussed them regularly.
The multidisciplinary group of co-authors had constant discussions throughout the analysis process in order to prevent preconceptions from affecting the developing theory.
The multiple authorship could possibly arise from an increased tendency of multidisciplinary research, though some authors refute this claim [ 23].
The content of the intervention (questions in diaries, feedback content and CBT exercises) was chosen by the authors, a multidisciplinary group of health professionals.
The first author also attended multidisciplinary meetings of healthcare professionals and observed some daily work at the antenatal clinics.
