Australian men's long term experiences following prostatectomy: a qualitative descriptive study.

The experiences of men in the immediate postoperative period following surgery for primary prostate cancer are well reported in the literature. Recognition of the unresolved morbidity encountered by men in the medium term suggests that a more complete understanding of how men cope in the long term is needed. Health professionals are deserving of a more complete literature for the purpose of providing holistic care for this group of men, providing informed advocacy and better support for men living with the diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Exploring the complexities of prostate cancer screening with a view to supporting informed consent.

Men request to be screened for prostate cancer because they believe they are exhibiting responsible health promotion behaviour and there are definite benefits from the early detection of the disease. This belief about the benefits is in contrast to several national guidelines recommending that screening for prostate cancer not be done. Despite the guidelines men continue to request to be screened and doctors continue to supply screening tests to asymptomatic males.

Seeking an explanation for the poor uptake of in-hospital AED programs.

The automated external defibrillator (AED) has been adopted by emergency service personnel as a first-line intervention in the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). AED leads to more successful Advanced Cardiac Life Support; consequently, national resuscitation organisations worldwide have recommended that nurses and doctors also integrate AEDs as a component of their basic life-support response to cardiac arrest. Despite these recommendations, the implementation of AED programs within hospitals has been generally sporadic and isolated.

Transmission of health knowledge and health practices from men to boys among Aboriginal communities and non-Indigenous Australians: searching for evidence.

Although men's health literature has developed rapidly over the last decade and covers a plethora of issues, almost no attention has been paid to understanding the transmission of health knowledge from men to boys in Australian society. This paper identifies a paucity of literature on the topic and offers explanations for this phenomenon. To raise awareness among health professionals of the need to explore the topic, the authors outline literature pertaining to men's role within the family and gender specfic cultural practices.

The complexities of interviewing Italo-Australian men about sensitive health issues.

The increase in the incidence of prostate cancer in Australia has been followed by an increase in prostate cancer awareness among Australian adults. However, men's level of knowledge on the subject has never been systematically assessed (Laws et al, 2000). It was postulated by Laws et al.