Ep 113. The Impact of Equity, Poverty & Access to Lung Cancer Care

About this episode

Dr. Paul Wheatley-Price discusses the impact of equity, poverty, and access to lung cancer care with Dr. Lisa Hicks.

In this episode, Dr. Paul Wheatley-Price chats with Dr. Lisa Hicks, a hematologist-oncologist at St. Michael’s Hospital, who specializes in caring for medically and socially complex people with blood cancer. They talk about the unique neighbourhood that she serves in downtown Toronto, what are the social determinants of health, how various aspects of poverty and societal inequity might impact those with a lung cancer (or other cancer) diagnosis.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Paul Wheatley-Price

Guest: Dr. Lisa Hicks

Topics covered

• equity in healthcare
• poverty and health
• social determinants of health
• lung cancer care
• cancer diagnosis

Keywords

• lung cancer
• health equity
• poverty
• social determinants
• oncology
• healthcare access

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: St. Michael’s Hospital

Places: Toronto

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