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Dementia and cancer in the Irish community in Britain
Mary Tilki, Irish in Britain, Better Health Briefing Paper 38, Race Equality Foundation, July 2015

http://www.better-health.org.uk/briefings/dementia-and-cancer-irish-community-britain

The absence of up to date evidence about the Irish community is occasionally noted, but, due to a tendency to define ethnicity in terms of skin colour, policy makers and commissioners generally fail to commission research on this group.  The presumption that the Irish community have the same problems and needs as English people underplays evidence that poor health and limiting long term illness continue into the second and third generation of Irish migrants.  This paper considers the experience of the Irish community in Britain in relation to cancer and dementia, considering the impact of demographic and cultural factors on the prevalence of these conditions and the uptake and appropriateness of treatment.

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