Patients' return to referring physicians and its relation to their infertility duration

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1012-1016

  Copperman, Kira B ^a,c   Schertz, Joan C ^b   Witkin, Georgia ^a   Sandler, Benjamin ^a   Brodman, Michael ^a   Copperman, Alan B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMD SERONO INC   (United States)

^c Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE;

ADULT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34748901418     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.0306     Document Type: Review

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