Assessment of a telephone helpline on infertility provided by a patient association

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 289-293

  Van Balen, F ^a   Verdurmen, J E E ^b   Ketting, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Infertility; Patient associations; Social support; Telephone help line; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; COUNSELING; EMOTION; INFERTILITY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 0035165309     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(00)00124-5     Document Type: Article

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