Connecting humor, health, and masculinities at prostate cancer support groups

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 916-926

  Oliffe, John L ^a   Ogrodniczuk, John ^a   Bottorff, Joan L ^a   Hislop, T Gregory ^b   Halpin, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Masculinities; Men's health; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CANADA; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FIELD WORK; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMOR; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LAUGHTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 70449380782     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1415     Document Type: Article

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