Psychosocial services for couples in infertility treatment: What do couples really want?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 390-395

  Read, Suzanne C ^a   Carrier, Marie Eve ^b   Boucher, Marie Eve ^a,c   Whitley, Robert ^a,c   Bond, Sharon ^a,b   Zelkowitz, Phyllis ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infertility; Patient education; Peer support; Psychological distress; Psychosocial support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84894034650     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.10.025     Document Type: Article

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