The sexual health care needs after colorectal cancer: The view of patients, partners, and health care professionals

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 763-772

  Traa, Marjan J ^a   De Vries, Jolanda ^a,b   Roukema, Jan A ^a,c   Rutten, Harm J T ^d,e   Den Oudsten, Brenda L ^a,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Medical Psychology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^d CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Focus group; Health care needs; Intimacy; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; STEREOTYPY;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84895884195     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-2032-z     Document Type: Article

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