Sara Macdonald

TL;DR: Having sought help for potential cancer symptoms, it is therefore important that practitioners recognise these symptoms, and examine, investigate and refer appropriately, and to understand the diagnostic process.

TL;DR: Burden of Treatment Theory is a structural model that focuses on the work that patients and their networks do that helps to understand variations in healthcare utilization and adherence in different healthcare settings and clinical contexts.

TL;DR: If delayed diagnosis is to be reduced, there must be increased recognition of the significance of symptoms among patients, and development and evaluation of interventions that are designed to ensure appropriate diagnosis and examination by practitioners.

TL;DR: In a systematic review of qualitative research, Katie Gallacher and colleagues examine the evidence related to treatment burden after stroke from the patient perspective from a patient perspective.

TL;DR: The main factors related to practitioner delay were misdiagnosis, application and interpretation of tests, and the confounding effect of existing disease.