Infertility patients' beliefs about their embryos and their disposition preferences

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 896-905

  Provoost, V ^a,b   Pennings, G ^a   De Sutter, P ^c   Gerris, J ^c   Van De Velde, A ^c   De Lissnyder, E ^a   Dhont, M ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decision making; Embryo disposition; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORALITY; NARRATIVE; OOCYTE DONATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 64949139111     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den486     Document Type: Article

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