Attitudes of IVF parents regarding the IVF experience and their children

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 266-274

  Greenfeld, Dorothy A ^a   Ort, Sharon I ^a   Greenfeld, David G ^a   Jones, Ervin E ^a   Olive, David L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

in vitro fertilization (IVF); IVF parental attitudes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION ANXIETY;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; CONNECTICUT; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; SURVEY; YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; DISCLOSURE; FATHERS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0029987732     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02065948     Document Type: Article

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