Masculinities and patient perspectives of communication about active surveillance for prostate cancer

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-90

  Mróz, Lawrence W ^a   Oliffe, John L ^a   Joyce Davison, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; Cancer communication; Masculinities; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; ANXIETY; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84881111953     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029934     Document Type: Article

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