Emotional reactions and attitudes prior to in vitro fertilization: An inter-spouse study

Psychology and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 629-640

  Merari, Dalia ^a   Chetrit, Angela ^b   Modan, Baruch ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Emotions; In vitro fertilization; Spouses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036796638     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440290025821     Document Type: Article

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