Gender and adjustment to chronic disease. A study of couples with colon cancer.
The adjustment of 39 couples in which one partner has cancer of the colon was assessed. The main findings were that the adjustment of male patients was superior to that of female patients. In the spouses' group the opposite was found, namely the adjustment of husbands was far worse than that of wives of cancer patients.
Baider
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Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Perez
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De-Nour
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012803:Sick Role; D012931:Social Environment