Primary Health Care Research & Information Service
Abstract
The announcement in January 2009 of funding of $5.6 million for cancer research
and a Primary Care Cooperative Cancer Clinical Trials Group to focus on prevention,
detection and care of people with cancer comes after the call by a number of
commentators for an expanded role for primary health care in the care of people
with cancer. Some recent studies have shown that transfer of care from hospitals
and specialists to general practitioners is safe and effective. However recent Australian research on
service design to support cancer care in primary health care is limited, with most
research focussing on the differences between care in urban and rural areas. The
forthcoming evaluation of the Cancer Service Networks National Demonstration
Program (CanNET) will fill a much needed gap in our research knowledge
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