Jakub KE - By looking at gender, chronic illness, and Life Course theory, data were analyzed to investigate how men adjust to living with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) as influenced by gender and age. Researchers used ethnographic methods with 12 men, 26-85 years of age. The study findings suggested that adjustment to living with an ICD could be influenced by gender and location in the life-course. Understanding where an individual is within place and time might account for many aspects of their acceptance, adjustment, and recovery.