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Title: LIFE WITH FEMALE PARTNERS AFTER MASTECTOMY: THE PERCEPTION OF GHANAIAN MEN
Authors: Diji, A. K. -A.
Moses, M. O.
Asante, E.
Agyeman, Y. N.
Duku, J.
Agyeiwaa, S. A.
Keywords: Breast Cancer
Mastectomy
Body Image
Sexuality
Coping Mechanisms
Issue Date: 2015
Publisher: Center for Promoting Ideas
Series/Report no.: Vol.5;Issue 4
Abstract: Breast cancer has been described as a couple’s illness due to the impact it poses on victims and their spouses. A qualitative study was therefore conducted to explore the perception of five married Ghanaian men regarding life with their female partners following mastectomy. Content analysis of transcribed interview data revealed that mastectomy affect men’s perception of their partner’s body image, sexuality and coping mechanisms. However, the fear of unknown outcomes of frank communications prevented them from engaging in such discourse with their partners. Future studies should examine spouses whose wives have lost both breasts to ascertain their reality.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3912
ISSN: 2221-1004
Appears in Collections:School of Allied Health Sciences

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