Transforming hope: The lived experience of infertile women who terminated treatment after in vitro fertilization failure

Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-54

  Su, Tsann Juu ^a   Chen, Yueh Chih ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hope; In vitro fertilization; Infertility; Lived experience; Transforming hope

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33646181841     PISSN: 16823141     EISSN: 1948965X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JNR.0000387561.03823.8e     Document Type: Article

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