Choices and motivations of infertile couples

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-27

  Van Balen, Frank ^a   Verdurmen, Jacqueline ^a   Ketting, Evert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NLD Inst of Social Sexological Res   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adoption; Alternative medicine; Infertility; Medical help; Motivations

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031149705     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(97)01010-0     Document Type: Article

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