What do patients want? Expectations and perceptions of IVF clinic information and support regarding frozen embryo disposition

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2069-2072

  Nachtigall, Robert D ^a,b   Dougall, Kirstin Mac ^a   Lee, Matthew ^c   Harrington, Jennifer ^a   Becker, Gay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinic; discarding embryos; embryo disposition; embryo donation; embryo storage; Frozen embryos; information; IVF; support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BLASTOCYST; DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCEPTION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 78049244492     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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