Looking past the obvious: Experiences of altered masculinity in penile cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 933-940

  Bullen, Kathryn ^a   Edwards, Stephen ^b   Marke, Victoria ^c   Matthews, Sarah ^d  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Masculinity; Oncology; Penis; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EGO; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MASCULINITY; PENIS CANCER; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE NEOPLASMS; PENIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSES;

EID: 77956246087     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1642     Document Type: Article

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