Cross-Cultural issues in infertility counseling

Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 61-82

  Hynie, Michaela ^a   Hammer Burns, Linda ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511547263.006     Document Type: Chapter

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