TY - JOUR
T1 - Co-constructing sexual recovery after prostate cancer
T2 - a qualitative study with couples
AU - Kelly, Daniel
AU - Forbat, Liz
AU - Marshall-Lucette, Sylvie
AU - White, Isabel
PY - 2015/4
Y1 - 2015/4
N2 - Though only one person in a partnership experiences cancer, these data indicated the extent to which prostate cancer treatment also impacts on partners. The study indicates that adjustment to erectile dysfunction (ED) takes time, but is a highly significant event in couples' lives and its importance should not be under-estimated. Consequently, we suggest that relational models of care should be considered, whereby side-effects are recognised as impacting on both members of the partnership (for example ED, or lack or ejaculate). Supportive care in this context, therefore, may best be based on a relational approach using language and interventions that are appropriate to the patient and their situation.
AB - Though only one person in a partnership experiences cancer, these data indicated the extent to which prostate cancer treatment also impacts on partners. The study indicates that adjustment to erectile dysfunction (ED) takes time, but is a highly significant event in couples' lives and its importance should not be under-estimated. Consequently, we suggest that relational models of care should be considered, whereby side-effects are recognised as impacting on both members of the partnership (for example ED, or lack or ejaculate). Supportive care in this context, therefore, may best be based on a relational approach using language and interventions that are appropriate to the patient and their situation.
KW - Cancer studies
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26816819
U2 - 10.3978/j.issn.2223-4683.2015.04.05
DO - 10.3978/j.issn.2223-4683.2015.04.05
M3 - Article
C2 - 26816819
SN - 2223-4683
VL - 4
SP - 131
EP - 138
JO - Translational Andrology and Urology
JF - Translational Andrology and Urology
IS - 2
ER -