Factors that affect infertility patients' decisions about disposition of frozen embryos

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1623-1630

  Lyerly, Anne Drapkin ^a,b   Steinhauser, Karen ^a,b   Namey, Emily ^a,b   Tulsky, James A ^a,b   Cook Deegan, Robert ^a,b   Sugarman, Jeremy ^c,d,e   Walmer, David ^a   Faden, Ruth ^d   Wallach, Edward ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreserved embryos; embryo disposition; embryo donation; embryo research; informed consent; interviews; qualitative research; stem cell research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744516783     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.11.056     Document Type: Article

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