Female partners of patients after surgical prostate cancer treatment: Interactions with physicians and support needs

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Evertsen, Jennifer M ^a,b   Wolkenstein, Alan S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Center for Urban Population Health   (United States)

^c AURORA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77949888703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-19     Document Type: Article

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