The psychosocial impact of prostate cancer on patients and their partners

Smith, James A; Filiault, Shaun M; Drummond, Murray J; Knapman, Robert J

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00849.x

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To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Couper et al on the psychosocial impact of prostate cancer (PCA) on patients and their female partners.1 We agree that involvement of partners in the research pro-cess is pivotal to understanding the relational dimension of how PCA is both understood and approached by men and their partners.2

1 Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA.
2 Discipline of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA.
3 Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA.
4 Gay Men's Health, AIDS Council of South Australia, Adelaide, SA.

Correspondence: filiault@alum.bu.edu

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