Partnered decisions? US couples and medical help-seeking for infertility

Family Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 431-444

  Johnson, Katherine M ^a   Johnson, David R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Decision making; Gender and infertility; Help seeking; Infertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349306742     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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