The Literature of Delay in Seeking Medical Care for * Chronic Illnesses

Writer's notes of a speech given by Charles Cameron, M.D., at Annual Meeting of the American Cancer Society, New York, 1954.

Kutner B. Makover H. Oppenheim A. , “Delay in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer: A Critical Analysis of the Literature,” Journal of Chronic Diseases, 7 (January, 1958), 95–120.

Gardner F. E. White P. D. , “Coronary Occlusion and Myocardial Infarction Associated with Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease,” Annals of Internal Medicine, 31 (Dec., 1949), 1003–1009.

Jackson D. , The Etiology of Schizophrenia, New York, Basic Books, 1960.

Wainwright J. M. , “The Reduction of Cancer Mortality,” The New York Journal of Medicine, 95 (Dec. 9, 1911), 1165–68.

Kutner B. Makover H. Oppenheim A. , op. cit..

Gibson G. L. , “Cancer Surgery,” American Journal of Surgery, 29 (October, 1915), 374–77.

Farr C. E. , “Delay in the Treatment of Cancer,” American Journal of Medical Science, 157 (January, 1919), 34–5.

Simmons C. C. Daland E. M. , “Cancer: Factors Entering into Delay in its Surgical Treatment,” Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 183 (September, 1920), 298–306.

Simmons C. C. Daland E. M. , “Cancer: Delay in Surgical Treatment,” Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 190 (January 3, 1924), 15–19.

Pack G. T. Gallo J. S. , “The Culpability for Delay in the Treatment of Cancer,” American Journal of Cancer, 33 (July, 1938), 443–62.

Smith F. M. , “Factors Causing Delay in Operative Therapy of Carcinoma,” Surgery, Gynecology, and Obstetrics, 60 (January, 1935), 45–53.

Pack Gallo , op. cit..

DeLawter D. E. , “Culpability for the Delay in the Management of Cancer,” Medical Annals, District of Columbia, 17 (May, 1948), 342–46.

Anderson D. P. , “The Cancer Problem from the Standpoint of the Practicing Physician in the Small Community,” Minnesota Medicine, 32 (January, 1949), 65-69 and 92.

Howson J. Y. , “The Procedures and Results of the Philadelphia Committee for the Study of Pelvic Cancer,” Wisconsin Medical Journal, 49 (March, 1950), 215–19.

Robbins G. Conte A. Leach J. Macdonald M. , “Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 43 (May 27, 1950), 346–8.

DeLawter , op. cit..

Anderson , op. cit..

Howson , op. cit..

Harms C. R. Plaut J. A. Oughterson B. W. , “Delay in Treatment of Cancer,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 121 (January 20, 1943), 335–38.

Howson , op. cit..

Wiggins W. S. Hilfinger M. F. Berman L. G. , “Delay in Cancer Diagnosis,” New York Journal of Medicine, 51 (March, 1951), 626–8.

Macdonald Eleanor , “Changing Reasons for Cancer Patient Delay,” Connecticut Health Bulletin, 61 (May, 1947), 99–101.

Kutner Makover Oppenheim , op. cit..

Shedden W. M. , “Carcinoma of the Rectum and Sigmoid,” American Journal of Surgery, 44 (May, 1939), 481–531.

Stearns H. C. , “Discussion of Diddle, A. W., ‘Genital Cancer Among Women: Factors Affecting its Control in an Urban Population,’” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 49 (June, 1950), 1373–82.

Taylor H. S. , “Factors Associated with Culpability or Nonculpability in Delaying Medical Care for Cancer,” Thesis, G. W. Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, 1946.

Goldsen Rose K. Gerhardt P. R. Handy V. , “Some Factors Related to Patient Delay in Seeking Diagnosis for Cancer Symptoms,” Cancer, 10 (January-February, 1957), 1–7.

Gray D. B. Ward G. E. , “Delay in Diagnosis of Carcinoma of the Stomach,” American Journal of Surgery, 83 (April, 1952), 524–26.

Aitken-Swan Jean Patterson R. , “The Cancer Patient Delay in Seeking Advice,” British Medical Journal, (March 12, 1955), 623–27.

Goldsen , op. cit..

Kutner Makover Oppenheim , op. cit..

Brindley G. V. , “Carcinoma of the Rectum: Factors Affecting its Cure,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 108 (January 2, 1937), 37–43.

Braund R. R. Binkley G. E. , “A Plea for the Earlier Diagnosis of Rectal Cancer: Analysis of 108 Clinic Patients,” New York Journal of Medicine, 42 (January, 1942), 33–37.

Rosser C. Kerr J. G. , “Cancer of the Rectum in Young Persons,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 113 (September 23, 1939), 1192–96.

Miller N. F. Henderson C. W. , “Corpus Carcinoma,” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 52 (November, 1946), 894–903.

Burdick D. Chanatry F. , “Central New York Surgical Society, Surgery on Breast Carcinoma, 1920–52,” Cancer, 7 (January, 1954), 47–53.

Gray Ward , op. cit..

Boyce F. F. , “Certain Preventable Errors in the Diagnosis and Management of Carcinoma of the Stomach and Lung,” Annals Surgical, 137 (June, 1953), 864–71.

Cook A. W. , “Factors Favoring and Hindering Early Diagnosis of Cancer of the Stomach,” Brooklyn Hospital Journal, 6 (1948), 67–73.

Griswold M. H. Cutler S. J. Eisenberg H. , “Improvement in Cancer Survival Rates,” New England Journal of Medicine, 254 (June 7, 1956), 1062–68.

Shimkin M. B. Griswold M. H. Cutler S. J. , “Survival of Untreated and Treated Cancer,” Annals of Internal Medicine, 45 (August, 1957), 255–67.

Burdick Chanatry , op. cit..

Robbins G. Macdonald M. Pack G. , “Delay in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Physicians with Cancer,” Cancer, 6 (May, 1953), 624–26.

Macdonald , op. cit..

Robbins Conte Leach Macdonald , op. cit..

Kutner B. Gordon G. , “Seeking Care for Cancer,” Journal of Health and Human Behavior, 2 (Fall, 1961), 128–45.

Journal of Health and Human Behavior, 2 (Fall, 1961), 128–45.

Robbins Macdonald Pack , op. cit..

Ross J. , “Social Class and Medical Care,” Journal of Health and Human Behavior, 3 (Spring, 1962), 35–40.

Titchener J. L. Zwerling I. Gottschalk L. Levine M. Culbertson W. Cohen S. Silver H. , “Problem of Delay in Seeking Surgical Care,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 160 (April 7, 1956), 1187–93.

Youngman N. V. , “Psychological Aspects of the Early Diagnosis of Cancer,” Medical Journal of Australia, 34 (May 10, 1947), 190–91.

Cobb Beatrix Clark R. L. McGuire C. Howe C. D. , “Patient Responsible Delay in the Treatment of Cancer,” Cancer, 7 (September, 1954), 920–26.

Ross , op. cit..

Kutner Gordon , op. cit..

“Patient Responsible Delay in the Treatment of Cancer,” Cancer, 7 (September, 1954), 920–26.

Ross , op. cit..

“Patient Responsible Delay in the Treatment of Cancer,” Cancer, 7 (September, 1954), 920–26.

Hollingshead A. B. Redlich F. C. , Social Class and Mental Illness, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1958, 442 pp.

Robbins Macdonald Pack , op. cit..

Byrd B. F. , “Fatal Pause in the Diagnosis of Neoplastic Disease in the Physician-Patient,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 147 (November, 1951), 1219–20.

Alvarez W. C. , “How Early Do Physicians Diagnose Cancer of the Stomach in Themselves,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 99 (July, 1931), 77–83.

King Reva Leach J. , “Habits of Medical Care,” Cancer, 4 (March, 1951), 221–5.

Roberts Beryl J. , A Study of Selected Factors and Their Association with Action for Medical Care, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, 1956.

Goldsen , op. cit..

Cobb , op. cit..

Kutner Gordon , op. cit..

Youngman , op. cit..

King Leach , op. cit..

Cobb , op. cit..

Hochbaum G. M. , Public Participation in Medical Screening Programs, Washington, D. C., U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, PHS Publication Number 572, 1958.

Macdonald , op. cit..

Bates F. E. Ariel I. M. , “Delay in Treatment of Cancer,” Illinois Medical Journal, 94 (December, 1948), 361–5.

Harms , op. cit..

Roberts , op. cit..

Goldsen , op. cit..

Cowles Wylda Polgar S. , “Health and Communication in a Negro Census Tract,” Social Problems, 10 (Winter, 1963), 228–36.

Youngman , op. cit..

Kutner Makover Oppenheim , op. cit..

Youngman , op. cit..

Cobb Beatrix , “Emotional Problems of Adult Cancer Patients,” Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 7 (1959), 271–85.

Renneker R. Cutler M. , “Psychological Problems of Adjustment to Cancer of the Breast,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 148 (March, 1952), 833–38.

Cobb , op. cit..

Renneker R. Cutler M. , “Psychological Problems of Adjustment to Cancer of the Breast,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 148 (March, 1952), 833–38.

Renneker R. Cutler M. , “Psychological Problems of Adjustment to Cancer of the Breast,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 148 (March, 1952), 833–38.

Titchener , op. cit..

Shands H. Finesinger J. Cobb S. Abrams R. , “Psychological Mechanisms in Patients with Cancer,” Cancer, 4 (November, 1951), 1159–70.

Kutner Makover Oppenheim , op. cit..

Taylor , op. cit..

Cobb , op. cit..

Aitken-Swan Patterson , op. cit..

Cobb , op. cit..

Goldsen , op. cit..

King Reva Leach J. , “Factors Contributing to Delay by Patients in Seeking Medical Care,” Cancer 3 (July, 1950), 571–9.

Cobb , op. cit..

Roberts , op. cit..

Mitchell A. M. Sackett C. Hunzecker W. Levine S. , “Clinical Features of Aortic Stenosis,” American Heart Journal, 48 (1954), 684–720.

Jucca A. White P. D. , “The Cause of Death in Rheumatic Heart Disease in Adults,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 125 (July 15, 1944), 767–9.

Gardener White , op. cit..

Ford R. , “Hypertension: An Argument for Early Treatment,” The Heart Bulletin, 7 (September-October, 1958), 99–100.

Jarvinen K. , “Physical Activity of Patients After Onset of Acute Cardiac Infarction,” British Journal of Medicine, (March 19, 1960), 922–25.

Dressler W. August S. Epstein I. Rosenberg B. , “Pericarditis Following Mild or Silent Coronary Episodes,” American Heart Journal, 60 (November, 1960), 721–28.

Wylie C. , “Delay in Seeking Rehabilitation after Cerebrovascular Accidents,” Journal of Chronic Diseases, 14 (October, 1961), 442–51.

Kalis Betty Harris M. R. Prestwood A. R. Freeman E. , “Precipitating Stress as a Focus in Psychotherapy,” Archives of General Psychiatry, 5 (September, 1961), 219–27.

DeWees Sally Johnson Ruth F. Sarvis Mary A. Pope S. T. , “An Open Service in a University Psychiatric Clinic,” Mental Hygiene, 45 (January, 1961), 57–64.

Kalis , op. cit..

Sifneos P. E. , “A Concept of ‘Emotional Crises,’” Mental Hygiene, 44 (April, 1960), 169–79.

Coleman M. D. Zwerling I. , “The Psychiatric Emergency Clinic: A Flexible Way of Meeting Community Mental Health Needs,” American Journal of Psychiatry, 115 (May, 1959), 980–84.

Kalis , op. cit..

Freedman L. Hollingshead A. , “Neurosis and Social Class,” American Journal of Psychiatry, 113 (March, 1957), 769–75.

Terwilliger J. Fiedler F. E. , “An Investigation of Determinants Inducing Individuals to Seek Personal Counseling,” Journal of Consulting Psychology, 22 (1958), 288.

Kadushin C. , “Individual Decisions to Undertake Psychotherapy,” Administrative Science Quarterly, 3 (December, 1958), 379–411.

Freedman Hollingshead , op. cit..

Guerin G. Veroff J. Feld S. , Americans View Their Mental Health, New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1960, 444 pp.

Hammer Muriel , An Analysis of Social Networks as Factors Influencing Hospitalization of Mental Patients, unpublished doctor's dissertation, Columbia University, 1961.

Maney Ann C. , The Social Ecology of Treated Functional Psychiatric Disorders in Eastern North Carolina, unpublished doctor's dissertation, University of North Carolina, 1958.

Lowenthal Marjorie Fiske , Pathways of the Aged to the Psychiatric Ward, in press.

Hammer , op. cit..

Maney , op. cit.