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A 6 page paper assessing this qualitative study undertaken to assist in informing nursing practice. The focus of this study by Maliski, Heilemann & McCorkle (2002) was to gain insight on how couples coped with the diagnosis of prostate cancer and how they navigated through the decision-making process to prostatectomy and beyond. The investigation and design are sound, but the lack of previous research leaves the current researchers with little guidance in their own study. The paper concludes that the effort is a good one, but is not generalizable to the larger population in that its sample consisted only of a rather homogeneous group in terms of ethnic, socioeconomic and educational backgrounds. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSnursArtRevPros.rtf
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There 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. As Maliski, Heilemann & McCorkle (2002) note, prostate cancer falls into this category.
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. The purpose here is to review the quality of the article and the study. Research Problem The authors do
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). The implied research problem is that which is directly significant to nursing. Maliski,
Heilemann & McCorkle (2002) state that "little is known about the couples process of moving from diagnosis of prostate cancer to treatment," though it is clear that prostate cancer is
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