Living with endometriosis: The perspective of male partners

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 433-438

  Fernandez, Isabel ^a   Reid, Corinne ^a   Dziurawiec, Suzanne ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Endometriosis; Grief and loss; Male partners; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMOTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POWERLESSNESS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPOUSE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPOUSES;

EID: 33748962024     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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