Managing the Impact of Illness: The Experiences of Men with Prostate Cancer and their Spouses

This qualitative study explored issues of support and coping for couples where the man had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Thirty-four men with prostate cancer and their spouses were interviewed separately at three points in time: prior to surgery; 8 to 10 weeks post-surgery; and 11 to 13 month...

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Published in:	Journal of health psychology Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 531 - 548
Main Authors:	Gray, Ross E., Fitch, Margaret, Phillips, Catherine, Labrecque, Manon, Fergus, Karen
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi SAGE Publications 01-07-2000 Sage
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Coping strategies Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Illness and personality Illness, stress and coping Male genital diseases Medical sciences Men Prostatic cancer Psychology and medicine Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Spouses Tumors prostate cancer couples support coping Human Mood disorder Marital relation Urinary system disease Prostate disease Disease Daily living Subjective experience Depression Male Malignant tumor Stress Spouse Social interaction Adult Clinical investigation Coping Male genital diseases Elderly Prostate Comparative study Somatic disease
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