Dr Karen Oldfield is a PhD candidate at the Victoria University of Wellington and a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand who is looking at the use of cannabis as a medicine in NZ. If you are interested in helping with this research, please continue reading below. “Medical cannabis…
This study looks at how communication contributes to health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for men living with prostate cancer. The rise of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in the 1990s has resulted in more accurate testing and, as a consequence, many men are now symptom-free at diagnosis. But more men are faced with the prospect of…
I looked at the communication tensions experienced by men who were on a prostate biopsy waiting list and how they managed these tensions using their networks. As background, the worldwide incidence of prostate cancer is increasing significantly and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future; a trend also reflected in New Zealand. The…
This study seeks to identify the factors that shape the communication networks of men on a prostate biopsy waiting list and find out how these factors relate to their disclosure about their changing health status. Men facing a potential diagnosis of prostate cancer are in a challenging situation; the benefits of disclosing their changing health…
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