Referral And Consultation Articles

To quantify and examine the aetiology of delays in the diagnosis and initial treatment of patients with bladder cancer in Western Australia.

All attendances at a one-stop haematuria clinic at a public tertiary-level hospital in Western Australia between May 2008 and April 2014 were reviewed retrospectively.

The specific specialist that a patient sees can have a large influence on the type of care they receive.

We administered semistructured interviews with 47 men diagnosed with prostate adenocarcinoma between 2012 and 2014.

People who have cancer increasingly seek second opinions. Yet, we know little about what motivates patients to seek them and how beneficial they are. Uncertainty-experienced by patients or communicated by physician and patient-may be crucial throughout the second opinion process.