Considerations for clinics and practitioners treating foreign patients with assisted reproductive technology: Lessons from experiences at Ghent University Hospital, Belgium

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 652-656

  De Sutter, Petra ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cross border reproductive care; ICSI; infertility; IVF

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BELGIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS BORDER REPRODUCTIVE CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BELGIUM; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MEDICAL TOURISM; NETHERLANDS; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 80455122905     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.07.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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