Grief responses and coping strategies among infertile women after failed in vitro fertilization treatment

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 507-513

  Lee, Shu Hsin ^a,b,d   Wang, Shu Chuan ^c   Kuo, Ching Pyng ^a,b   Kuo, Pi Chao ^a   Lee, Maw Sheng ^b   Lee, Meng Chih ^b,d  

^a School of Nursing   (Taiwan)

^b Institute of Medicine   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coping strategy; Grief response; Infertility; IVF failure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRIEF; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE;

EID: 77955734747     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2009.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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