Prostate cancer stories in the Canadian print media: Representations of illness, disease and masculinities

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-169

  Halpin, Michael ^a   Phillips, Melanie ^a   Oliffe, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Masculinities; Medicalisation; Print media; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PROSTATE TUMOR; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; NEWSPAPERS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 60449111995     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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