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Article: Disappearing floors and second chances: men's journeys of prostate cancer.(Report)
- Article from:
- International Journal of Men's Health
- Article date:
- September 22, 2007
- Author:
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The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to explore the lived experience of men with prostate cancer. Fifteen men in Western Canada who had received treatment for prostate cancer were interviewed and encouraged to provide their stories about experiencing prostate cancer from the initial diagnosis on. Men narrated the experience of prostate cancer as a journey, starting with the shock and soul-searching of initial diagnosis, continuing on as they "fumbled in the dark" for information and coped with the various threats to their masculinity, and concluding with lessons they had learned along the way. Although some men minimized the experience of prostate ...
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