Social stigma and compounded losses: Quality-of-life issues for multiple-birth families

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 405-414

  Ellison, Marcia A ^a   Hall, Janet E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; Multiple births; Qualitative research; Social stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS;

EID: 0042065106     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00659-9     Document Type: Article

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