Alliance of Support for Low-Income Latino Men with Prostate Cancer

God, Doctor, and Self

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20306166
AutoresSally L Maliski (University of California, Los Angeles, autor de correspondencia), Majid Husain (University of California, Los Angeles), Sarah E Connor (0000-0002-9214-3337, University of California, Los Angeles), Mark S Litwin (0000-0002-2318-344X, University of California, Los Angeles)
Año2012
Volumen51
Número3
Páginas752-762
Fecha de publicación2012-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Religion and Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-4197 • E-ISSN: 1573-6571
EditorialSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10943-010-9369-0
PMID20625832
PMCIDPMC3444699
OpenAlexW2049287167
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas22

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

Alliance · Alternative medicine · Cancer · Disease · Existentialism · Grounded theory · Meaning (existential) · Perception · Prostate cancer · Psychotherapist · Public health · Qualitative research · Sociology · Spirituality · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Nursing · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Gerontology