'It's hard to take because I am a man's man': An ethnographic exploration of cancer and masculinity

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 501-509

  Cecil, R ^a   Mc Caughan, E ^a   Parahoo, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body image; Cancer; Changing roles; Masculinity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTHERN IRELAND; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77954769623     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2009.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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