The lived experience of miscarriage after infertility

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-23

  Freda, Margaret Comerford ^a,b   Devine, Kit S ^c   Semelsberger, Carrie ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fertility and Endocrine Associates ^*  (United States)

^c Fertility and Endocrine Associates   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FRUSTRATION; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GUILT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIFE EVENT; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANGER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GRIEF; GUILT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONELINESS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN;

EID: 0037270687     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200301000-00005     Document Type: Review

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