CBRC and psychosocial counselling: Assessing needs and developing an ethical framework for practice

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 642-651

  Blyth, Eric ^a   Thorn, Petra ^a   Wischmann, Tewes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assisted conception offspring; cross border reproductive treatment; donors; patients; psychosocial counselling; surrogates

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS BORDER REPRODUCTIVE CARE; DONOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROGENY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL COUNSELING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL WORKER; TRAVEL;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; PATIENTS; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SURROGATE MOTHERS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 80455160351     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.07.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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