[Demand for child and death anxiety].
The question stands between oncology and Assisted reproductive techniques (ART). This kind of demand strongly embarrasses the physicians of both specialities because it mixes the urgent care of a serious pathology with a personal demand requiring nonetheless medical aid, and with long-term psychological, social and ethical consequences.
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Service de génétique et biologie de la reproduction, hôpital Maison-Blanche, CHU de Reims, 45, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51100 Reims, France. dregnault@chu-reims.fr
D001007:Anxiety; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000523:psychology*