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Patients’ initial steps to cancer diagnosis in Denmark, England and Sweden: what can a qualitative, cross-country comparison of narrative interviews tell us about potentially modifiable factors?

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  • John MacArtney Health Experiences Research Group, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Marlene Malmström The Institute for Palliative Care, Lund University and Region Skåne, Lund, SwedenDepartment of Clinical Sciences Lund, Surgery, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Trine Overgaard Nielsen Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care, Research Unit of General Practice, Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Julie Evans Health Experiences Research Group, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Britt-Marie Bernhardson Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Senada Hajdarevic Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alison Chapple Health Experiences Research Group, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lars E Eriksson Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenSchool of Health Sciences, City, University of London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Louise Locock Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Birgit Rasmussen The Institute for Palliative Care, Lund University and Region Skåne, Lund, SwedenDepartment of Health Sciences, Lund, Sweden, Lund University, Lund, Skåne, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Peter Vedsted Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care, Research Unit of General Practice, Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Clinical Medicine, University Clinic for Innovative Patient Pathways, Silkeborg Hospital, Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Carol Tishelman Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenCenter for Innovation, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rikke Sand Andersen Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care, Research Unit of General Practice, Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sue Ziebland Health Experiences Research Group, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr John MacArtney; john.macartney{at}phc.ox.ac.uk
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MacArtney J, Malmström M, Overgaard Nielsen T, et al
Patients’ initial steps to cancer diagnosis in Denmark, England and Sweden: what can a qualitative, cross-country comparison of narrative interviews tell us about potentially modifiable factors?
BMJ Open 2017;7:e018210. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018210

Publication history

  • Received June 15, 2017
  • Revised September 8, 2017
  • Accepted September 13, 2017
  • First published November 19, 2017.
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November 23, 2022
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