Barriers to Accessing Quality Health Care for Cancer Patients: A Survey of Members of the Association of Oncology Social Work

REFERENCES

• Bradley , C.J. , Given , C.W. and Roberts , C. 2002 . Race, socioeconomic status, and breast cancer treatment and survival . Journal of the National Cancer Institute , 94 : 490 – 496 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Burg , M.A. , Grant , K. and Hatch , R. 2005 . Caring for patients with cancer histories in community-based primary care settings: A survey of primary care physicians in the southeastern US . Primary Health Care Research & Development , 6 : 244 – 250 .
   Google Scholar
• Celaya , M.O. , Rees , J.R. , Gibson , J.J. , Riddle , B.I. and Greenberg , E.R. 2006 . Travel distance and season of diagnosis affect treatment choices for women with early-stage breast cancer in a predominantly rural population . Cancer Causes and Control , 17 : 851 – 856 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Earle , C.C. and Neville , B.A. 2004 . Under use of necessary care by cancer survivors . Cancer , 101 : 1712 – 1719 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gregorian , C. 2005 . A career in hospital social work: Do you have what it takes? . Social Work in Health Care , 40 : 1 – 14 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hubbell , A.P. 2006 . Mexican Americanwomen in a rural area and barriers to their ability to enact protective behaviors against breast cancer . Health Communication , 20 : 35 – 44 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Institute of Medicine and National Research Council . 2006 . “ From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition ” . In Committee on Cancer Survivorship: Improving Care and Quality of Life , Edited by: Hewitt , Maria , Greenfield , Sheldon and Stovall , Ellen . Washington, D.C : The National Academies Press .
   Google Scholar
• Jemal , A. , Siegel , R. , Ward , E. , Murray , T. , Xu , J. and Thun , M.J. 2007 . Cancer statistics, 2007 . CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians , 57 : 43 – 66 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kazak , A.E. , Cant , M.C. , Jensen , M.M. , McSherry , M. , Rourke , M.T. , Hwang , W. , Alderfer , M.A. , Beele , D. , Simms , S. and Lange , B.J. 2003 . Identifying psychosocial risk indicative of subsequent resource use in families of newly diagnosed pediatric oncology patients . Journal of Clinical Oncology , 21 : 3220 – 3225 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lauria , M. and Walsh , K. . Patient Navigation: Helping Survivors and Families through the Cancer Care Maze . AOSW Annual Conference . Austin, Texas.
   Google Scholar
• Ponce , N.A. , Ku , L. , Cunningham , W.E. and Brown , E.R. 2006 . Language barriers to health care access among Medicare beneficiaries . Inquiry , 43 : 66 – 76 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rowland , J.H. , Hewitt , M. and Ganz , P.A. 2006 . Cancer survivorship: A new challenge for delivering quality cancer care . Journal of Clinical Oncology , 24 : 5101 – 5104 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sabatino , S.A. , Coates , R.J. , Uhler , R.J. , Alley , L.G. and Pollack , L.A. 2006 . Health insurance coverage and cost barriers to needed medical care among U.S. adult cancer survivors age <65 years . Cancer , 106 : 2466 – 2475 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith , E.D. , Walsh-Burke , K. and Crusan , C. 1988 . “ Principles of training social workers in oncology ” . In Psycho-oncology , Edited by: Holland , J. 1061 – 1068 . New York : Oxford Press .
   Google Scholar
• Steinberg , M.L. , Freemont , A. , Khan , D.C. , Huang , D. , Knapp , H. , Karaman , D. , Forge , N. , Andre , K. , Chaiken , L.M. and Streeter , O.E. Jr. 2006 . Lay patient navigator program implementation for equal access to cancer care and clinical trials: Essential steps and initial challenges . Cancer , 107 : 2669 – 2777 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thorpe , A.E. and Howard , D. 2003 . Health insurance and spending among cancer patients . Health Affairs , Web Exclusive; April 9, 2003
   Google Scholar
• Walsh-Burke , K. and Marcusen , C. 1999 . Self-advocacy training for cancer survivors: The Cancer Survival Toolbox . Cancer Practice , 7 ( 6 ) : 297 – 301 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar