Pilot feasibility study of a telephone-based couples intervention for physical intimacy and sexual concerns in colorectal cancer

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 402-417

  Reese, Jennifer Barsky ^a   Porter, Laura S ^b   Somers, Tamara J ^b   Keefe, Francis J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX COUNSELING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84865423233     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2011.606886     Document Type: Article

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