A Comparison of Immigrant and Canadian-Born Patients Seeking Fertility Treatment

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1033-1040

  Zelkowitz, Phyllis ^a   King, Leonora ^a   Whitley, Rob ^b   Tulandi, Togas ^c   Ells, Carolyn ^a   Feeley, Nancy ^a   Gold, Ian ^d   Rosberger, Zeev ^a   Chan, Peter ^e   Bond, Sharon ^c   Mahutte, Neal ^f   Ouhilal, Sophia ^f   Holzer, Hananel ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f Montreal Fertility Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to treatment; Assisted reproductive technology; Immigrants; In vitro fertilization; Infertility; Public funding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY; MALE; MIGRANT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84937520491     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0037-4     Document Type: Article

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