Factors contributing to delayed diagnosis of cancer among Aboriginal people in Australia: a qualitative study.

CONCLUSIONS: Solutions to improved Aboriginal cancer outcomes include focusing on the primary care sector encouraging general practitioners to be proactive to suspicion of symptoms with appropriate investigations to facilitate earlier diagnosis and the need to improve Aboriginal health literacy regarding cancer. Access to health services remains a critical problem affecting timely diagnosis. PMID: 27259526 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Rural Remote Health - Category: Rural Health Authors: Tags: BMJ Open Source Type: research