Family interactions among african american prostate cancer survivors

Family and Community Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-220

  Jones, Randy A ^a   Taylor, Ann Gill ^a,b   Bourguignon, Cheryl ^a,b   Steeves, Richard ^a   Fraser, Gertrude ^d   Lippert, Marguerite ^c   Theodorescu, Dan ^c   Mathews, Holly ^e   Kilbridge, Kerry Laing ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies   (United States)

^c Department of Urology ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; Family support; Prostate cancer; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SPOUSES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 49249121734     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.FCH.0000324478.55706.fe     Document Type: Article

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