Prostate Cancer, Sexual Health, and Ageing Masculinities : Exploring the Achilles' Heel of Men

• Autore: Andreasson Jesper
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (138 pages)
• Altri autori: JohanssonThomas
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Men and Their Health -- Introduction -- Aim, Focus, and Data -- Prostate Cancer and Technologies of Treatment -- Masculinity Theory and Intersectionality -- Ageing Bodies and Embodied Masculinity -- Outline -- References -- Chapter 2: The Cultural History of the Prostate -- Introduction -- The Early History of the Prostate and Prostate Cancer -- The Era of Modern Medicine, and Masculinity -- Hormones and New Treatments -- The Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer: An International Snapshot -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Narratives of Prostate Cancer: The Social Triad -- Introduction -- Ageing and a Reorientation of Intimate Life -- Couplehood and Sexual Health -- When the Professional Meets the Private -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Leaking Bodies, Sexual Health, and Masculinity -- Introduction -- Prostate Cancer and Masculinity in the Literature -- Recovery: Managing the Leaking Body -- A Reorientation of Sexuality and Partner Intimacy -- Reformulating Masculinity -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Coping Strategies and the Emotionology of Masculinity -- Introduction -- Ageing, Embodiment, and Men's Emotions -- Coping With Cancer and Having a Laugh -- Intellectualised Health Narratives of Cancer -- Reconsidering Sexuality and Masculinity -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Partners Care, Couplehood, and Intimate Life -- Introduction -- Background and the Notion of Couplehood -- The Diagnosis -- Anticipations, Recovery, and Informal Care -- Sex and Intimacy: Lost and Sometimes Regained -- Masculinity and Potency -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: The Care Apparatus and Healthcare Professionals at Work -- Introduction -- The Construction of the Prostate Patient -- The Care Apparatus: Meeting the Patients. ; Reframing the Body and Its Capabilities: The Plan -- When the Professional Also Is Personal -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Sexual Health and Ageing Prostate Cancer Masculinities -- References -- Chapter 9: Methodology and Method -- Research Team and Study Design -- Individual Interviews With Men Treated for Prostate Cancer: WP1 -- Focus Group Conversations on the Emotionology of Masculinity: WP2 -- Partners on Prostate Cancer and Intimate Life: WP3 -- HCPs on Treatment and Its Impact on Masculinity: WP4 -- Ethical Considerations -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Prostate Cancer, Sexual Health, and Ageing Masculinities
• ISBN: 3-031-53039-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910838284003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II