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Thesis
Crisis, Grief and Coping with Infertility
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
07/2008
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3613
Abstract
Infertility and its psychological consequences affect not only women, but their partners as well. There exists a gap in the treatment of infertility when meeting the emotional needs of patients. As a result, patients frequently receive little or no emotional support to facilitate coping with a diagnosis that has the potential to be devastating. Infertility and
its subsequent treatment occur on a continuum and as such warrants psychological support throughout the entire process. Interestingly, women who have been successful in their fertility treatment have had a higher prevalence of postpartum depression. Obtaining a viable pregnancy does not necessarily resolve the emotional issues associated with infertility. It was found that the grief associated with infertility has for some been more
painful than the death of a loved one as family and friends are often unable to provide the level of support that is needed. As the advances in infertility treatment continue to focus on the medical treatment and instrumentation, there is a lack of evidence-based practice on what measures best help the individual best deal with the psychological ramifications of what will be a life-changing diagnosis.
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Details
- Title
- Crisis, Grief and Coping with Infertility
- Creators
- Karen S. Parr
- Contributors
- Janet Lohan (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590737301842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis