Coming soon to your clinic: High-quality ART

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1242-1245

  Van Empel, Inge W H ^a   Nelen, Willianne L D M ^a   Hermens, Rosella P M G ^a   Kremer, Jan A M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Patient centred care; Patient friendly IVF; Quality of care; Subfertility

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 44449141938     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den094     Document Type: Review

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