ESHRE guideline: Routine psychosocial care in infertility and medically assisted reproduction - A guide for fertility staff

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2476-2485

  Gameiro, S ^a   Boivin, J ^a   Dancet, E ^b,c   De Klerk, C ^d   Emery, M ^e   Lewis Jones, C ^f   Thorn, P ^g   Van Den Broeck, U ^b   Venetis, C ^h   Verhaak, C M ⁱ   Wischmann, T ^j   Vermeulen, N ^k  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Centre de Procreation Medicalement Assistee et d'Endocrinologie Gynecologique Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^f National Infertility Support Network   (United Kingdom)

^g Practice for Family Therapy   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁱ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^k Central Office   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

assisted reproduction; evidence based; guideline; infertility; psychosocial care

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL NEEDS; COGNITIVE NEEDS; CONSENSUS; COUNSELING; EMOTIONAL NEEDS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN NEEDS; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICALLY ASSISTED REPRODUCTION; MIDWIFE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RELATIONAL NEEDS; REVIEW; SOCIAL NEEDS; WELLBEING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; INFERTILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STANDARDS;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84946423687     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev177     Document Type: Review

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