Toward understanding women's decisions to continue or stop in vitro fertilization: The role of social, psychological, and background factors

Journal of In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 363-369

  Callan, Victor J ^a   Kloskf, Belinda ^a   Kashima, Yoshihisa ^a   Hennessey, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland Fertility Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

attitudes toward in vitro fertilization (IVF); decisions about IVF; emotional factors; IVF marriages; psychological factors; social pressures to continue stop IVF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0024267361     PISSN: 07407769     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01129572     Document Type: Article

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