Fertility Issues: The Perceptions and Experiences of Young Men Recently Diagnosed and Treated for Cancer

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-75

  Chapple, Alison ^a   Salinas, Maria ^a   Ziebland, Sue ^a   McPherson, Ann ^a   Macfarlane, Aidan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Infertility; Qualitative; Reproductive health; Sperm banking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPACT DISK; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SPERM BANKS;

EID: 33845491478     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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