Men’s strategies for preserving emotional well-being in advanced prostate cancer: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Psychology and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1164-1182

  Levy, Anneliese ^a,b   Cartwright, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Anthony Nolan   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coping; lived experience; masculinity; prostate cancer; qualitative; well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; EMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84938958977     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2015.1040016     Document Type: Article

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