With Child in Mind : Studies of the Personal Encounter with Infertility

With Child in Mind : Studies of the Personal Encounter with Infertility /

Sandelowski retells the stories of couples who want to have children, but cannot. In their own words, the couples candidly discuss what it means to be infertile and how infertility ultimately affects their views of themselves, their values, their children, and their interactions with others. Informa...

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Main Author: Sandelowski, Margarete
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Series:Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
Subjects:
Infertility > Psychological aspects.
Infertility > Case studies.
Infertility.
Gynecologic pathology.
Generative organs, Female > Diseases.
Generative organs, Male > Diseases.
Genitourinary organs > Diseases.
Diseases.
Infertility
Genital Diseases, Female
Genital Diseases, Male
Female Urogenital Diseases
Male Urogenital Diseases
Disease
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications.
illness.
disease.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychotherapy > Couples & Family.
Gynecologic pathology
Genitourinary organs > Diseases
Generative organs, Male > Diseases
Generative organs, Female > Diseases
Diseases
Infertility > Psychological aspects
Case studies
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. With Child in Mind
  • 2. In Search of Infertility
  • 3. Where There Is a Will
  • 4. Magnificent Obsession
  • 5. The Color Gray
  • 6. Alone in a Crowd
  • 7. The Quest
  • 8. With Child ... at Last
  • 9. Machine in the Garden
  • 10. Tick ... Tock
  • 11. Bone of My Bones, Flesh of My Flesh
  • 12. Coming Home
  • 13. Coming Back
  • 14. Intensive Care
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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