Eliciting symptoms interpreted as normal by patients with early-stage lung cancer: Could GP elicitation of normalised symptoms reduce delay in diagnosis? Cross-sectional interview study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Brindle, Lucy ^a   Pope, Catherine ^a   Corner, Jessica ^a   Leydon, Geraldine ^a   Banerjee, Anindo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84873156021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001977     Document Type: Article

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