The Chinese experience of male infertility

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 714-725

  Lee, Tsorng Yeh ^a   Chu, Treu Yen ^b  

^a Tri Service General Hospital   (United States)

^b National Open University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 0035514478     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01939450122045500     Document Type: Article

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