"The only way i know how to live is to work": A qualitative study of work following treatment for prostate cancer

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-82

  Grunfeld, Elizabeth A ^a   Drudge Coates, Lawrence ^b   Rixon, Lorna ^c   Eaton, Emma ^c   Cooper, Alethea F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Masculinity; Prostate cancer; Resilience; Survivor; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DISCLOSURE; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETURN TO WORK; SELF CONCEPT; SURVIVORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84881112367     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030387     Document Type: Article

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