Book contents
- Fertility CounselingClinical Guide and Case Studies
- Fertility Counseling
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Book part
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Therapeutic approaches
- Section 3 Third party reproduction: assessment and preparation
- Section 4 The expanding image of families
- Section 5 Special topics in fertility counseling
- Section 6 Practice issues
- Glossary
- Index
- References
Section 5 - Special topics in fertility counseling
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Book contents
- Fertility CounselingClinical Guide and Case Studies
- Fertility Counseling
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Book part
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Therapeutic approaches
- Section 3 Third party reproduction: assessment and preparation
- Section 4 The expanding image of families
- Section 5 Special topics in fertility counseling
- Section 6 Practice issues
- Glossary
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Fertility CounselingClinical Guide and Case Studies, pp. 212 - 264Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015
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