A descriptive study comparing health attitudes of urban and rural oncology patients

Alison Howat

qualifications: MRCP

contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, collected data, input data, wrote the first draft

position: (Formerly) Senior Oncology Registrar

Australia

Prof Craig Veitch

qualifications: PhD

contribution: designed the project, devised survey tool, supervised data collection, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts, original concept

position: Professor of Rural Health

Professor Craig Veitch was the inaugural Chair of Rural Health at James Cook University, Queensland from 2000 to 2007. In December 2007, he became the inaugural Professor of Community Based Health Care at The University of Sydney and the Director of the Centre for Community Based Health Care at Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney. His research interests include health care behaviour and decision making, health services research, road crashes, cancer, health workforce in rural areas, community based rehabilitation, and outreach rehabilitation services.

Will Cairns

qualifications: FRAChPM

contribution: original concept, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Director of Oncology & Palliative Care