Patient experiences with communication about sex during and after treatment for cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 594-601

  Flynn, Kathryn E ^a,b   Reese, Jennifer Barsky ^c   Jeffery, Diana D ^d   Abernethy, Amy P ^b,e   Lin, Li ^a   Shelby, Rebecca A ^b   Porter, Laura S ^b   Dombeck, Carrie B ^a   Weinfurt, Kevin P ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

attitude to health; communication; focus groups; health services needs and demand; neoplasms; physician patient relations; questionnaires; sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COITUS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84861823487     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1947     Document Type: Article

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