Dealing with a troublesome body: A qualitative interview study of men's experiences living with prostate cancer treated with endocrine therapy

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-108

  Ervik, Bente ^a,b   Asplund, Kenneth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Endocrine therapy; Hermeneutics; Masculinity; Men's health; Phenomenology; Prostate cancer; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BODY IMAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857600496     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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