Differences and similarities in the attitudes of paediatricians, gynaecologists and experienced parents to criteria delineating potential risks for the welfare of children to be conceived with assisted reproduction

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 140, Issue JULY, 2010, Pages

  De Geyter, Christian ^a   Boehler, Brigitta ^a   Reiter Theil, Stella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCEPTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELFARE; WELLBEING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EXPERT WITNESS; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; INFERTILITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWITZERLAND;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EXPERT TESTIMONY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JUDGMENT; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84855942191     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2010.13064     Document Type: Article

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