Assisted reproductive travel: UK patient trajectories

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 573-581

  Hudson, Nicky ^a   Culley, Lorraine ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anti essentialism; cross border reproductive care; fertility tourism; seriality; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; SINGLE PARENT; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 80455122835     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.07.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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