Long-term health, well-being, life satisfaction, and attitudes toward parenthood in men diagnosed as infertile: challenges to gender stereotypes and implications for practice

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 574-580

  Fisher, Jane R W ^a   Baker, Gordon H W ^b   Hammarberg, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technology; fatherhood; infertility; Men; mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASCULINITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTHOOD; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STEREOTYPY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHERS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77953720656     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.165     Document Type: Article

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