Alliance of Support for Low-Income Latino Men with Prostate Cancer: God, Doctor, and Self

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• 作者：Sally L. Maliski (1) smaliski@sonnet.ucla.edu
  Majid Husain (2)
  Sarah E. Connor (3)
  Mark S. Litwin (4)
• 关键词：Prostate cancer &#8211 ; Underserved &#8211 ; Spirituality &#8211 ; Latino
• 刊名：Journal of Religion and Health
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：September 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：51
• 期：3
• 页码：752-762
• 全文大小：223.5 KB
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• 作者单位：1. School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2-256 Factor Bldg, BOX 956918, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6918, USA2. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA3. Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA4. David Geffen School of Medicine and School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• ISSN：1573-6571

文摘

Utilizing qualitative methods, this study describes the perceptions of and reliance on spirituality among indigent Latino men with prostate cancer. Sixty men were interviewed in Spanish. Transcripts were transcribed verbatim, translated, and analyzed using grounded theory techniques. Common across all men was a process involving the formation of an alliance of support that included God, doctors, and self. From this alliance, men drew strength to manage their disease, maintained hope for the future, and found new existential meaning. By recognizing the potential value of this alliance, health care professionals may tap into a beneficial empowering resource for some Latino men.