Sexuality in the aftermath of breast and prostate cancer : Gendered experiences
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................................................................................................................. 1 LIST OF PAPERS ........................................................................................................ 3 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 7 BACKGROUND.......................................................................................................... 9 Breast cancer .......................................................................................................... 9 Prostate cancer .................................................................................................... 10 Sexuality .............................................................................................................. 10 Biology and physiology ............................................................................... 11 Social norms and ideals ............................................................................... 12 Living with the aftermath of breast and prostate cancer ........................... 13 Treatments effects ......................................................................................... 13 Cancer as a serious life event ...................................................................... 14 AIMS OF THE THESIS............................................................................................ 17 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................. 19 Lifeworld theory and the lived body ............................................................. 19 Gender .................................................................................................................. 20 Gender, sexuality, and the lived body ....................................................... 22 METHODS ................................................................................................................. 23 Design .................................................................................................................. 23 Setting and informants ................................................................................. 23 Interviews ....................................................................................................... 25 Focus group interviews ................................................................................ 26 Analysis ................................................................................................................ 27 Existential phenomenology ......................................................................... 27 Qualitative content analysis ........................................................................ 28
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