What's the message? A content analysis of newspaper articles about assisted reproductive technology from 2005 to 2011

Human Fertility

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 124-132

  King, L ^a   Tulandi, T ^b   Whitley, R ^c   Constantinescu, T ^a   Ells, C ^b   Zelkowitz, P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Content analysis; In vitro fertilization; Infertility; Media; Newspapers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; ETHICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FUNDING; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MASS MEDIUM; PUBLICATION; RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; NORTH AMERICA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; NEWSPAPERS; NORTH AMERICA; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84902164792     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2014.895427     Document Type: Article

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