Introduction: Recent evidence indicates that reproductive-age people have inadequate
fertility awareness (FA) concerning fertility, infertility risk factors, and consequences of …

BACKGROUND Chances of achieving parenthood are high for couples who undergo fertility
treatment. However, many choose to discontinue before conceiving. A systematic review …

STUDY QUESTION How good is fertility knowledge and what are treatment beliefs in an
international sample of men and women currently trying to conceive? SUMMARY ANSWER …

4 CM Parkes, P. Laungani and B. Young 100 per cent of people still die. Ivan Illich has
termed this 'The ultimate form of consumer resistance'(Illich, 1975). Science may delay death …

There is a wealth of research exploring the psychological consequences of infertility and
assisted reproduction technology, a substantial body of sociological and anthropological …

Objective To determine the extent to which fertility patients and partners received mental
health services (MHS) and were provided with information about MHS by their fertility clinics …

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether psychological distress predicts IVF treatment outcome as
well as whether IVF treatment outcome predicts subsequent psychological distress …

Objective To study the reason (s) why insured patients discontinue in vitro fertilization (IVF)
before achieving a live birth. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Private academically …

Optimal maturation of the oocyte depends on its environment and determines embryo
competence, because the embryonic genome is not active until the cleavage stage and new …

Five key paradigm shifts are described to illustrate the evolution of psychology and
counseling in infertility. The first paradigm shift was in the 1930s when psychosomatic …