Infertility treatment: When is it time to give up? An internet-based survey

Human Fertility

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-34

  Marcus, Diana ^a   Marcus, Adam ^b   Johnson, Antoinette ^c   Marcus, Samuel ^d  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ICSI; in vitro fertilization (IVF); reproductive outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERNET; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 79953827837     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2010.541971     Document Type: Article

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