In the middle and on the sideline: The experience of spouses of men with prostate cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Ervik, Bente ^a,b   Nordøy, Tone ^a,b   Asplund, Kenneth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer prostate; Caregivers; Daily life; Dealing with everyday life; Experience; Hermeneutic; Partner; Phenomenology; Qualitative; Sexuality; Spouse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SPOUSE;

EID: 85027958007     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31824fe1ef     Document Type: Article

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