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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781401303321

Autore

Allan Helen Therese

Titolo

Managing intimacy and emotions in advanced fertility care [[electronic resource] ] : the future of nursing and midwifery roles / / Helen Therese Allan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Keswick [England], : M&K Update, 2009

ISBN

1-282-15082-0

9786612150821

1-907830-07-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

618.1780231

Soggetti

Infertility - Nursing

Infertility - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Theoretical background -- pt. 2. Caring and the experience of infertility -- pt. 3. Contemporary advanced AR nursing.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is intended for nurses and midwives who work in Assisted Reproduction clinics and those who either work in, or have an interest in women's health. The number of IVF births is increasing steadily as a percentage of all births and therefore infertility may be said to be increasingly influential in women's health nursing and midwifery. The sense of connectedness which women caring for women express and as the data in this book show, women patients feel that there is something special about being cared for by female nurses and midwives. The emotions raised in clinical practice for nurses