Exploring the impact of prostate cancer on men's sexual well-being

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 490-510

  Letts, Cindy ^a   Tamlyn, Karen ^a   Byers, E Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

impact; prostate cancer; sexual functioning; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MASTURBATION; ORGASM; PROSTATE CANCER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; WELLBEING;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; MASTURBATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955955388     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2010.498457     Document Type: Article

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