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SUMMARY:‘Deciding when to visit the GP with cancer symptoms: the Goldilo
 cks Zone differs in England\, Denmark and Sweden’ - Professor Sue Ziebla
 nd Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences\, University of Oxf
 ord
DTSTART:20190311T140000Z
DTEND:20190311T150000Z
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CONTACT:Lucy Lloyd
DESCRIPTION:The International cancer benchmarking studies have highlighted
  between country differences in stage of cancer at diagnosis\; these are n
 ot explained by differences in population awareness of cancer signs and sy
 mptoms.  \nIn this talk I will draw on our CRUK/ NAEDI funded qualitative 
 cross country comparative study of accounts of the pre-diagnosis experienc
 es of Swedish\, Danish and English people later diagnosed with lung or bow
 el cancer. The analysis illustrated differences in willingness to consult 
 with symptoms and when to return if symptoms did not resolve. Our understa
 nding was informed by sociologist Robert Merton’s work on ambivalence an
 d the metaphor of the Goldilocks Zone. I will argue that the study illumin
 ates differences between these three public-funded health systems which ha
 ve consequences for citizen’s access to care and stage of diagnosis.
LOCATION:Thomas and Dorothy Strangeways Room\, Strangeways Research Labora
 tory\, Wort’s Causeway\, Cambridge\, CB1 8RN
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