Patient and partner quality of life and psychosocial adjustment following radical prostatectomy

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-30

  Thornton, Andrea A ^a   Perez, Martin A ^a   Meyerowitz, Beth E ^b  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Partners; Prostate cancer; Psychosocial adjustment; Quality of life; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; WELLBEING;

EID: 1842431611     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCS.0000016266.06253.95     Document Type: Article

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