Patient-responsible delay of treatment in cancer.A social psychological study

Opinion of Nurses on Cancer, its Treatment and Curability: A Survey among Nurses in Public Health Service

“…It would be a mistake to dismiss these remarks as mere carping. They are extremely important when considered in the light of the findings ofCobb, Clark, Lee, McGuire, and Howe (1954), who discovered that, irrespective of whether a patient has died, his relatives tend to delay less in seeking treatment for themselves if a physician has previously explained to them the nature of the disease and the purpose of treatment.…”

Motivation for Patient Delay

“…." (p. 1,484). Similarly, it has been reported by Davis and Eichhorn15 that car¬ diac patients who view their physicians as informal contemporaries are less likely to conform to medical regimens proposed than are cardiac patients who have formal rela¬ tionships with their physicians.…”

Psychosocial Adjustment to Breast Cancer: A Review of Selected Literature

“…causation in breast cancer, nor adequately covers the topic of delay behavior. Each of these areas is worthy of special attention, and we defer to others for extensive treatment [ 2 , [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13].…”