Ethics, social, legal, counselling: Extended encounters with midwives at the first IVF cycle: A controlled trial

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-287

  Anderheim, Lisbeth ^a   Holter, H ^a   Bergh, C ^a   Moller A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Counselling; In vitro fertilization; IVF; Midwives; Psychology; Well being

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDWIFE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; COUNSELING; INFERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 33947514198     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60868-1     Document Type: Article

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