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dc.contributor.advisorPearson, Alanen
dc.contributor.advisorGhi, Aye Ayeen
dc.contributor.authorCleary, Annen
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/40993-
dc.description.abstractOlder people represent an increasing proportion of new cancer diagnoses yet little is known about their experiences with cancer or their knowledge about risk factors, benefits of lifestyle modification to decrease risk or participation in early detection programs. Two studies were conducted, the first to document a lived experience with a new cancer diagnosis and the second to test for relationships between knowledge and attitude to cancer and self-reported participation in screening for breast, prostate and colorectal cancers.en
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dc.subjectelderly cancer, phenomenology, cancer screening, older people, canceren
dc.subject.lcshCancer Diagnosisen
dc.subject.lcshCancer Treatmenten
dc.subject.lcshOlder people Health and hygieneen
dc.titleCancer and the older person.en
dc.typeThesisen
dc.contributor.schoolSchool of Population Health and Clinical Practice : Nursingen
dc.provenanceCopyright material removed from digital thesis. See print copy in University of Adelaide Library for full text.en
dc.description.dissertationThesis (D.Nurs.) -- School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, 2007en
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