Summary: In this podcast, co-author Norma Krumwiede, EdD, RN, describes van Manen's phenomenological inquiry and analysis and explores these and similar questions as she discusses her September 2012 ONF article "The Lived Experience of Men Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer." The aim of this qualitative study was to explore men's experiences and perspectives of prostate cancer to gain a better understanding of this phenomenon and related coping mechanisms and needs. During the podcast, van Manen's four fundamental existentials will be highlighted and phenomenological analysis will be explained.
