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A 5 page literature review focusing on quality of life following diagnosis of or treatment for prostate cancer. The bottom line that each of these studies finds is that there are at least four major themes associated with patient QOL. Those are "enduring uncertainty, living with treatment effects, coping with changes, and needing help" (Harden, et al., 2002; p. 701). Placing attention to each of these areas can assist patients with maintaining and even improving QOL after a diagnosis of prostate cancer. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSnursLitRevPros.rtf
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are several types of cancer that directly involve more than only the patient. Of course all types of cancer can be said to involve more than only the patient,
for patients families also travel the path with the patient. "Couples cancer," however, include those types of cancer that directly affect couples ability to continue with activities that have
been a routine part of their normal lives. Prostate cancer falls into this category. Galbarth, Ramirez and Pedro (2001) observe that research
until the turn of the new century focused almost exclusively on the disease, but that there has been much more attention to quality of life (QOL) and other psychological aspects
of prostate cancer in research since that time. The purpose here is to review several studies conducted with that same focus. Literature Review
Maliski, Heilemann & McCorkle (2002) conducted a qualitative study to determine the attitudes and reactions of prostate cancer patients and their wives. The purpose of the study was
to inform health care providers in the area of couples reactions to the fact of prostate cancer and how they approach dealing with the realities it supplies. Maliski, Heilemann
& McCorkle (2002) did not explicitly state any research problem or research question, but they do identify two objectives for their research, one stated, the other implied. The authors
specifically state that their objective in conducting their study was to "describe the experience of men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer and their wives, from the time of diagnosis
through staging to the completion of radical prostatectomy" (Maliski, Heilemann & McCorkle, 2002). Maliski, Heilemann & McCorkle (2002) announce that there is a
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