Marital rehabilitation after prostate cancer - a matter of intimacy

International Journal of Urological Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 21-29

  Dieperink, Karin B ^a   Mark, Karen ^a   Mikkelsen, Tina Broby ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Intimacy; Marital relations; Nursing research; Prostate cancer; Rehabilitation; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960477914     PISSN: 17497701     EISSN: 1749771X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijun.12091     Document Type: Article

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