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Changed Men: The Embodied Impact of Prostate Cancer

Daniel Kelly

Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

Prostate cancer is a uniquely problematic male health issue. Findings from a study employing an ethnographic approach are presented to describe the ways in which 14 men's lives were changed as a result of this experience. The theoretical basis of the study centered on embodiment to explore the personal impact of prostate cancer, its treatment, and its side effects. The findings suggest that cancer was experienced sequentially, beginning at the time of diagnosis with the problematizing of the normally "silent" male body. This trajectory of experience progressed to emphasize the importance placed on treatment side effects, embodied vulnerability, and the impact of the cancer on men's "embodied" lives. In this article, I focus on the final phase of the illness experience and illustrate how the men confronted existential threat alongside physical changes, and the way each change resulted in a new outlook on life and its priorities following cancer.

Key Words: cancer • psychosocial aspects • death and dying • embodiment/bodily experiences • illness and disease • experiences • men's health • recovery • sexual health • sexuality

This version was published on February 1, 2009

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 19, No. 2, 151-163 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308328067
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