An introduction to infertility counseling: A guide for mental health and medical professionals

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-248

  Peterson, Brennan ^a   Boivin, Jacky ^b   Norré, Jan ^c   Smith, Cassandra ^a   Thorn, Petra ^d   Wischmann, Tewes ^e  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d Practice for Couple and Family Therapy ^*  (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment tools; Gender counseling; Infertility; Sexuality; Third party reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCEPTION; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL HEALTH; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863221636     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-011-9701-y     Document Type: Article

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