Applied Nursing Research
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 181-187 , November 2007

The needs of men with prostate cancer: results of a focus group study

  • Meredith Wallace, PhD, APRN-BC

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Nursing in New Haven, CT 06536, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
  • ,
  • Sherri Storms, BSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Health Care Management at Fairfield University School of Nursing in Fairfield, CT 06524, USA

Received 3 March 2005 ,Revised 26 June 2006 ,Accepted 24 August 2006.

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PII: S0897-1897(07)00099-7

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.08.008

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 181-187 , November 2007