How does safety netting for lung cancer symptoms help patients to reconsult appropriately? A qualitative study.

Georgia Bell Black Sandra B van Os Cristina Renzi Fiona Mary Walter William T Hamilton Katriina L Whitaker

Published in: BMC primary care (2022)

Safety netting guidelines do not yet offer solutions that have been proven to promote symptom vigilance and timely reconsultation for low-risk lung cancer symptoms. This may have been affected by primary care practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients prefer active or pre-planned safety netting coupled with thorough consultation techniques and a comprehensible diagnostic strategy, and may respond adversely to passive safety netting advice.

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