title: Alliance of support for low-income Latino men with prostate cancer: God, doctor, and self.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2-256 Factor Bldg, BOX 956918, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6918, USA. smaliski@sonnet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Sally L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Maliski
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Husain
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Connor
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Litwin
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008489:Medical Indigency; D008875:Middle Aged; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support; D029181:Spirituality; D014481:United States