"If I have a cancer, it is not my fault I am a refugee": A qualitative study with expert stakeholders on cancer care management for Syrian refugees in Jordan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Noncommunicable diseases including cancer are widespread amongst the 5.6 million Syrian refugees currently hosted in the Middle East. Given its prevalence as the third leading cause of death in Syria, cancer is likely to be an important health burden among Syrian refugees. Against this background, our aim was to describe the clinical, ethical and policy decision-making experiences of health actors working within the current refugee cancer care system; the impact of refugee cancer care health policies on health care providers and policy makers in this context; and provide suggestions for the way delivery of care should be optimised in a sustained emergency situation.

Methods

From April-July 2016, we conducted in-depth interviews with 12 purposively sampled health o

SUBMITTER: Marzouk M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6764666 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature