Stigma: The hidden burden of infertility

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 27-36

  Whiteford, Linda M ^a   Gonzalez, Lois ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

infertility; stigma; U.S. women

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; DANAZOL; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FINANCE; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HAIR DISEASE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHAME; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0028924746     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)00124-C     Document Type: Article

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