Factors affecting decision making about fertility preservation after cancer diagnosis: A qualitative study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1049-1057

  Peddie, V L ^a   Porter, M A ^a   Barbour, R ^b   Culligan, D ^c   MacDonald, G ^c   King, D ^d   Horn, J ^c   Bhattacharya, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fertility preservation; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GAMETE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OVARY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALITY; SPERM PRESERVATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTES; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863717859     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03368.x     Document Type: Article

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