Barriers to lung cancer care: health professionals’ perspectives

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 497-504

  Dunn, J ^a,b,c,d   Garvey, G ^e   Valery, P C ^f   Ball, D ^g,h   Fong, K M ^d,i   Vinod, S ^j,k,l   O'Connell D L ^m,n,o   Chambers, S K ^a,b,c,p  

^a CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁱ THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^m CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^p EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Health professionals attitudes; Lung cancer; Nihilism; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STIGMA; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84990903065     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-016-3428-3     Document Type: Article

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