Exploring Positive Survivorship Experiences of Indigenous Australian Cancer Patients.

ABSTRACT: Amongst Indigenous Australians, "cancer" has negative connotations that detrimentally impact upon access to cancer care services. Barriers to accessing cancer services amongst Indigenous Australians are widely reported. In contrast, factors that facilitate this cohort to successfully navigate cancer care services ("enablers") are scarcely reported in the literature. Through qualitative interviews, this article examines factors that assist Indigenous Australians to have positive cancer experiences. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twelve adult Indigenous oncology patients recruited from a tertiary hospital in Queensland, Australia during 2012-2014. Data generated from the interviews were independently reviewed by two researchers via inductive thematic analytical processes. Dis

SUBMITTER: Tam L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5800234 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature