Women and prostate cancer support groups: The gender connect?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1217-1227

  Bottorff, Joan L ^a   Oliffe, John L ^b   Halpin, Michael ^b   Phillips, Melanie ^b   McLean, Graham ^b   Mroz, Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender roles; Health promotion; Prostate cancer; Spouses; Support groups; Women

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GENDER RELATIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; SELF CONCEPT; SEX ROLE; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38749097057     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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