The psychosocial impact of prostate cancer on patients and their partners

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 428-432

  Couper, Jeremy W ^a   Bloch, Sidney ^a   Love, Anthony ^b   Duchesne, Gillian ^c   Macvean, Michelle ^d   Kissane, David W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 33750179490     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00640.x     Document Type: Article

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