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Human Reproduction, Vol. 4, No. suppl_1, pp. 17-22, 1989
© 1989 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Psychological guidance of IVF patients

Heribert Kentenich

Universitatskhmkum Rudolf Virchow, Standort Charlottenburg Frauenklinik, Pulsstrasse 4, 1000 Berlin 19, FRG

Several questions need to be answered before covering the subject of emotional support and guidance of IVF patients. These include what we actually know about the desire for a child, the emotional characteristics typical of infertility patients and especially of IVF patients, how IVF patients justify their motivations for their desire for a child, cope with the anguish caused by infertility, and how much we know about the stress surrounding IVF treatment. These questions will be discussed in the following article.

Key words: anguish by infertility/desire for a child/emotional parameters/psychosomatic guidance/stress in IVF therapy


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