Patient experience of infertility management in primary care: An in-depth interview study

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-316

  Wilkes, Scott ^a,c   Hall, Nicola ^a   Crosland, Ann ^a   Murdoch, Alison ^b   Rubin, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family medicine; Fertility; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 67949100641     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp039     Document Type: Article

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