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Delay and noncompliance in cancer detection: a behavioral perspective for health planners
The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. Health and Society
|January 1, 1978
Abstract:
Professionals and public alike believe in the benefits of early cancer detection. Yet screening programs have encountered serious problems in engaging their clients to seek prompt medical follow-up. If benefits of early detection are to be achieved, and fear and mistrust overcome, a more reliable connection between screening and treatment must be forged.