A 5 page research paper that offers a proposal for a qualitative study that would investigate qualify of life issues for a prostate cancer patient and his life partner. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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(Galbraith, et al, 2008. While prostate cancer is a male disease, it is inaccurate to say that it does not affect women, as the life partners of prostate cancer victims
are also affected by their partners diagnosis. Going through the processes of diagnosis and treatment with their partners can have a variety of "physical, psychological, relational and emotional" effects on
both patients and their partners (Galbraith, et al, 2008, p. 794). While Galbraith, et al (2008) conducted a study that substantiates the assumption that both a prostate cancer patient and
his life partner are affected by a prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, their quantitative design does not address the phenomenal experience these couples in any great detail. Therefore, this proposal
will endeavor to provide this information by using grounded theory to design a qualitative research approach that utilize data gathered via a case study interview methodology. Review of the
literature There is an increasing body of literature over the past several years, which investigates the quality of life for cancer survivors. As prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed
cancer affecting men, quality of life issues have these cancer survivors has garnered considerable attention; however, few of these studies have explored the manner in which a diagnosis of prostate
cancer affects both the man and his life partner. In most cases, study designs addressing quality of life issues for prostate cancer survivors restrict their study design to the victims
themselves. For example, Monga, et al, investigated the relationship between quality of life in a sample group of patients undergoing radiation therapy and "depression, fatigue and sleep disturbance" (Monga, et
al, 2005, p. 391). Richardson, Webster and Fields (2004) conducted a qualitative study that employed focus group interviews with a cohort of African American men with low socio-economic status.