Men's experiences of radical prostatectomy as treatment for prostate cancer

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-133

  Walsh, Ella ^a   Hegarty, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Men's health; Prostate cancer adaptation; Qualitative design

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77249178664     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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