Serving the people of Scotland
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Serving the people of Scotland

Steven Black Freelance journalist
Cathy Hutchison Scotland’s first consultant nurse, Cancer care

Steven Black describes the pioneering work of Scotland’s largest cancer centre, the Beatson oncology centre, based at the western infirmary, glasgow

Cancer services in Scotland have been subject to sustained bad publicity in the media for the last year. Against a background of low five-year survival rates for lung cancer compared to the rest of the UK and Europe, for example, specific services have been widely criticised.

Cancer Nursing Practice. 1, 6, 9-11. doi: 10.7748/cnp.1.6.9.s14

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