A phenomenological study of couples' infertility: gender influence.
A phenomenological study of couples' infertility: gender influence.
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夫妻不孕症的现象学研究：性别影响。
DOI：
10.1097/00004650-199301000-00007
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发表时间：
1993
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
S. Phipps
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作者：
S. Phipps
在大多数文化中，怀孕和生育被认为是正常的生活事件。然而，不孕不育影响着美国五分之一的夫妇或超过1000万的男女。* 9 1988年，与不孕症有关的医疗保健费用超过10亿美元。"由于育龄人口不断增加、怀孕推迟、医疗进步以及性传播疾病的无声流行，预计对服务的需求将会增加。**虽然非自愿生育是一种意料之外的情况，对个人和夫妇都有不同程度的社会心理后果，但不孕症研究主要集中在妇女和她的经历上。很少有研究涉及男性非自愿无子女的经历，或检查不孕不育经历的异同
REGNANCY AND childbearing are considered normative life events in most cultures. Infertility, however, affects one in five couples in the United States or more than 10 million women and men.* 9 In 1988, over $1 billion were spenton medical care related to infertility.“The need for services is projected to increase because of the growing numbers of people of childbearing age, post-ponement of pregnancy, medical advances, and the silent epidemic of sexually transmit-ted diseases.**Although involuntary childlessness is an unanticipated circumstance that carries psychosocial consequences of varying intensity for both individuals and couples, infertility research predominantly focuses on the woman and her experience. 9 Few studies address the male experience with involuntary childlessness, or examine the similarities and differences in the infertility experience of