'Getting through' not 'going under': A qualitative study of gender and spousal support after diagnosis with colorectal cancer

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1169-1175

  Emslie, Carol ^a   Browne, Susan ^b   MacLeod, Una ^b   Rozmovits, Linda ^c,d   Mitchell, Elizabeth ^b   Ziebland, Sue ^d  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Qualitative Research   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Care; Emotional labour; Gender; Spousal support; UK

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHILD CARE; GENDER ROLE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECIPROCITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 61649099014     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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