Women's experiences of childlessness 2 years after the end of in vitro fertilization treatment

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-63

  Johansson, Marianne ^a   Berg, Marie ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caring; Childlessness; Grief; In vitro fertilization; Lifeworld; Phenomenology; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRIEF; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PARENTHOOD; PREGNANCY; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOMEN;

EID: 17944383438     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2005.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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