Coping after recurrent miscarriage: Uncertainty and bracing for the worst

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 250-256

  Ockhuijsen, Henrietta D L ^a   Boivin, Jacky ^b   Van Den Hoogen, Agnes ^c   Macklon, Nickolas S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECURRENT ABORTION; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGY;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84884611097     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jfprhc-2012-100346     Document Type: Article

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