title: Failing to conceive with in vitro fertilization: the Middle Eastern experience.
abstract: This paper examined the psychological aspects of failing to conceive with in vitro fertilization on 14 treated infertile and 14 untreated Iranian patients. Analysis suggests that, although a significant amount of psychological discomfort is associated with being infertile, the fact that patients have endured unsuccessful treatment cycles does not seem to aggravate the situation any further. Perhaps undergoing unsuccessful IVF treatment cycles could be a psychologically positive epilogue in closing the book on infertility treatment.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Care and Social Studies, Luton College of Higher Education, Bedfordshire, England.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baluch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manyande
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Aghssa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jafari
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D007492:Iran