Family Interactions Among African American Prostate Cancer Survivors

ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)

Cheryl Bourguignon (Creator)

Gertrude Fraser (Creator)

Randy A. Jones (Creator)

Kerry Laing Kilbridge (Creator)

Marguerite Lippert (Creator)

Holly Mathews (Creator)

Richard Steeves (Creator)

Ann Gill Taylor (Creator)

Dan Theodorescu (Creator)

Institution

East Carolina University (ECU )

Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Abstract: Prostate cancer affects African Americans at a higher rate than any other ethnic group in the United States. Prostate cancer does not only affect the man with the disease but also affects those individuals who are closest to him such as his family and friends. Open communication is valuable in coping with stressors that are affiliated with chronic illnesses. This article focuses on family and friend social support of men with prostate cancer. Data analysis revealed that support from family members and friends plays an important role in how men cope with their treatment and recovery from prostate cancer. Originally published Family and Community Health Vol. 31 No. 3 July-Sep 2008

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Publication

Other

Family and Community Health. 31:3(July - September 2008) p. 213-220.

Language: English

Date: 2011

Keywords

African American men, family support, Prostate--Cancer, survivorship

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