Making room for men in infertility counseling

Sexuality, Reproduction and Menopause

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 28-32

  O'Donnell, Elizabeth ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDITATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 44349125736     PISSN: 15462501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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