Sexual adjustment to androgen deprivation therapy: Struggles and strategies

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 452-465

  Walker, Lauren M ^a   Robinson, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer, psychosocial aspects; primary partner; qualitative analysis; relationships; sexuality sexual health

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIANDROGEN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIBIDO; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857803942     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311422706     Document Type: Article

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