Knowledge, attitudes, and intentions toward fertility awareness and oocyte cryopreservation among obstetrics and gynecology resident physicians

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 403-411

  Yu, L ^a   Peterson, B ^b   Inhorn, M C ^c   Boehm, J K ^b   Patrizio, P ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related fertility decline; Elective oocyte cryopreservation; Fertility awareness; Fertility preservation; Medical oocyte cryopreservation; Obstetrics and gynecology residents; Oocyte storage; Ovarian aging; Physicians; Reproductive health education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; CANCER PATIENT; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILITY; FUNDING; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERENTIAL STATISTICS; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSTETRICS; OOCYTE; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; RESIDENT; STUDY DESIGN; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTENTION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OBSTETRICS; OOCYTES; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959877996     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev308     Document Type: Article

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