Unresolved grief in women and men in Sweden three years after undergoing unsuccessful in vitro fertilization treatment

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1290-1297

  Volgsten, Helena ^a   Svanberg, Agneta Skoog ^a   Olsson, Pia ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Depression; Grief; Infertility; Qualitative interviews; Unsuccessful IVF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEDEN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77956844427     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349.2010.512063     Document Type: Article

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