The anxiety of infertility: The role of the nurses in the fertility clinic

Human Fertility

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-21

  Allan, Helen Therese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infertility; IVF clinic

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHRONIC STRESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GRIEF; GUILT; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIFE STRESS; MALADJUSTMENT; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

ANXIETY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MIDWIFERY; NURSES;

EID: 84875848401     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2013.778423     Document Type: Review

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