The challenge of providing infertility services to a low-income immigrant Latino population

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-123

  Nachtigall, Robert D ^a   Castrillo, Martha ^a   Shah, Nina ^b   Turner, Dylan ^a   Harrington, Jennifer ^a   Jackson, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

health care disparities; Infertility; Latinos; low income

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SAN FRANCISCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349085733     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.05.037     Document Type: Article

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