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Livingston, Patricia M

Understanding rural caregivers’ experiences of cancer care when accessing metropolitan cancer services: a qualitative study

Objective To explore the experiences of cancer caregivers who live in rural Australia and travel to a metropolitan cancer health service to access cancer treatment. Design A qualitative study using semistructured, audio-recorded interviews conducted between December 2017 and July 2018 with caregivers and social workers. Thematic analysis using interpretative descriptive techniques performed on textual interview data within a critical realist paradigm to develop understanding of rural caregivers’ lived experiences.

Fri, 11/22/2019 - 17:54