Social isolation and cancer management – advanced rectal cancer with patient delay following the 2011 triple disaster in Fukushima, Japan: a case report

Akihiko Ozaki,Claire Leppold,Toyoaki Sawano,Masaharu Tsubokura,Manabu Tsukada,Tetsuya Tanimoto,Masahiro Kami,Hiromichi Ohira

Social isolation and cancer management – advanced rectal cancer with patient delay following the 2011 triple disaster in Fukushima, Japan: a case report

2017

Akihiko Ozaki
Claire Leppold
Toyoaki Sawano
Masaharu Tsubokura
Manabu Tsukada
Tetsuya Tanimoto
Masahiro Kami
Hiromichi Ohira

Background Little is known about the effects of social isolation in the elderly on their process of gaining health information and seeking health care.

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Social isolation
Health care
Colorectal cancer
Cancer
Social support
Public health
Family medicine
Medicine
Social change
Medical emergency
patient delay
health information

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