The experience of women in unsuccessful infertility treatment: What do patients need when medical intervention fails?

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 45-69

  Bergart, Ann M ^a  

^a AURORA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental crisis; Doctor patient relationship; Female identity; Infertility; Infertility treatment

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GRIEF; GUIDELINES; HUMAN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0033807030     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v30n04_04     Document Type: Article

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