Tuomas H Koskela, Magdalena Esteva, Marcello Mangione, Sara Contreras Martos, Senada Hajdarevic, Cecilia Högberg, Mercè Marzo-Castillejo, Jolanta Sawicka-Powierza, Vija Siliņa, Michael Harris, Davorina Petek
OBJECTIVE: Diagnosis of cancer is challenging in primary care due to the low incidence of cancer cases in primary care practice. A prolonged diagnostic interval may be due to doctor, patient or system factors, or may be due to the characteristics of the cancer itself. The objective of this study was to learn from Primary Care Physicians' (PCP) experiences of incidents when they had failed to think of, or act on, a cancer diagnosis. DESIGN: A qualitative, online survey eliciting PCP narratives...
December 20, 2023: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care