Prostate cancer: Embodied experience and perceptions of masculinity

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 820-841

  Chapple, Alison ^a   Ziebland, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Cancer Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Impotence; Incontinence; Masculinity; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INTERVIEW; PERCEPTION; PROSTATE CANCER; REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0036878092     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00320     Document Type: Article

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