Patients' help-seeking experiences and delay in cancer presentation: a qualitative synthesis

The Lancet - Tập 366 - Trang 825-831 - 2005
Lucy K Smith1, Catherine Pope2, Johannes L Botha3
1Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 6TP, UK
2School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
3Department of Medical and Social Care Education, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

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