Psychosocial aspects of the direct path from infertility to the "instant family": Are all risks known

Harefuah

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 335-340

  Baor, Liora ^a   Blickstein, Isaac ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART); Infertility; Loss; Multiple birth; Prematurity; Psychological aspects

Indexed keywords

FAMILY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 20844451369     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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