"Living under assault": Men making sense of cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 389-399

  Wenger, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Gender and health; Illness experience; Masculinities

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANADA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; CANADA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84876884406     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12042     Document Type: Article

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