Experiences of infertility: Liminality and the role of the fertility clinic: Feature

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 132-139

  Allan, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertility clinic; Infertility; Liminality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FRIEND; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIFE EVENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GREAT BRITAIN; GRIEF; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34249044455     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2007.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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