title: Infertility: the emotional aspects.
abstract: It may be that many health care professionals lack insight into the emotional needs of the infertile. In this article, Chérie Cottle addresses the psychological responses to infertility, which bear striking resemblances to the expected sequelae of bereavement. The role of the nurse in encouraging and assisting couples to acknowledge and accept their infertility is described with an emphasis on the need for a more sympathetic approach to such clients.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cottle
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000786:Anger; D001601:Bereavement; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D012945:Social Values