The position of the fertility counsellor in a fertility team: A critical appraisal

Human Fertility

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 154-159

  Norré, Jan ^a   Wischmann, Tewes ^b  

^a LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case conference; Emotional support; Infertility counselling; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FERTILITY; FERTILITY COUNSELLOR; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RESPONSIBILITY; TEAMWORK;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 80052223026     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2011.580824     Document Type: Article

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