Seeking conception: Experiences of urban Indian women with in vitro fertilisation

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 226-233

  Widge, Anjali ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

In vitro fertilisation; India; Infertility; Reproductive health; Social implications of assisted reproductive technologies

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTHER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOPTION; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN;

EID: 28444434416     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.07.014     Document Type: Article

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