Co-constructing sexual recovery after prostate cancer: A qualitative study with couples

Translational Andrology and Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 131-138

  Kelly, Daniel ^a   Forbat, Liz ^b   Marshall Lucette, Sylvie ^c   White, Isabel ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Couples; Prostate cancer; Sexuality; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREMARITAL SEX; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84928942040     PISSN: 22234683     EISSN: 22234691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-4683.2015.04.05     Document Type: Review

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