From a Woman's Perspective: Life as a Partner of a Prostate Cancer Survivor

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-160

  Tanner, Tanya ^a   Galbraith, Michael ^a   Hays, Laura ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Family relations; Marriage; Nurse midwives; Primary health care; Prostatic neoplasms; Quality of life; Sexual behavior; Spouses; Woman's health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFTERCARE; AGED; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORS; WOMEN;

EID: 79953051739     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2010.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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