title: Psychological guidance of IVF patients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow, Standort Charlottenburg, Berlin, FRG.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kentenich
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male