Australian mens long term experiences following prostatectomy: A qualitative descriptive study

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-109

  O'Shaughnessy, Peter 'Kevin' ^a   Laws, Tom A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Focus group; Long term; Men; Nursing; Prostatectomy; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; EDUCATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSTATECTOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 77953717114     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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