Psychosocial issues related to sexual functioning among African-American prostate cancer survivors and their spouses

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-110

  Rivers, Brian M ^a,b   August, Euna M ^a,c   Gwede, Clement K ^a,b   Hart Jr , Alton ^d   Donovan, Kristine A ^a   Pow Sang, Julio M ^a   Quinn, Gwendolyn P ^a,b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; cancer survivorship; prostate cancer; psychosocial; quality of life; sexual functioning

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; MASCULINITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SURGERY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPOUSES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77955951545     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1711     Document Type: Article

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