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How clients choices influence cancer care in northern Aboriginal communities
Bruce Minore1, Margaret Boone, Mae Katt
1Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research, Ont., Canada. bruce.minore@lakeheadu.ca
Objectives:
To illustrate how personal choice, or client self-reliance, is a determining factor in the management of cancer patients' care in northern Aboriginal communities.
Study Design:
Multiple-site study done in the northwestern part of the Canadian Province of Ontario.
Method:
In-depth interviews with professionals and paraprofessionals involved in community-based delivery of cancer care.
Results:
Study details how perceived care options, gender, awareness of disease and treatment, reaction to system-linked problems in care delivery, as well as cultural preferences influence clients' choices and care outcomes.
Conclusion:
The study underlines the interdependence between personal choice and the health care system; "bad" experiences with the system cause clients to disengage from care, while client disengagement results in reduced care options.
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