Amaç: Bu araştırma; infertil kadınların infertiliteden etkilenme durumları ile stresle başa çıkma ve algıladıkları sosyal destek arasındaki ilişkiyi belirlemek amacıyla planlanmıştır.
 Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı araştırmanın örneklemini; bir üniversite hastanesinin Üremeye Yardımcı Tedavi Merkezine 15 Kasım 2016-15 Mayıs 2017 tarihleri arasında başvuran, primer infertilite tanısı alarak tedaviye ...

Within the past two decades, medical anthropology has contributed significantly to the exploration of human reproduction. From menarche to menopause, few aspects of the normal, human reproductive life cycle, particularly as it pertains to women, have been left unexamined by medical anthropologists working in a wide variety of cultural settings. This interest in reproduction is evident in a numb...

In the wild, the pig adapts her reproductive functions according to the seasonal changes in the environment, such as the ambient temperature and availability of food. Like in other short day seasonal breeders, breeding season is favoured in the mid winter in order to provide the offspring with the best chances to survive four months later. Seasonal changes in environment are perceived mainly by...

Cost-effective healthcare has become a principal paradigm in all areas of medicine. In order to establish cost-effective care, clinical outcomes under various cost conditions have to be examined. Such a process cannot be static since it has to consider ever evolving treatments and outcome results. In infertility, the evaluation of cost-effective care should be simpler than in most other areas o...

This study explores how lesbian and heterosexual pre-adoptive couples experience and construct the transition from infertility to adoption as a means to becoming parents. Thirty lesbian couples and 30 heterosexual couples were interviewed about the challenges and benefits they perceived in attempting conception and then later choosing adoption. Although similarities in perspectives emerged betw...

background: infertility is a major reproductive health in gynecology. according to the world health organization, there are currently 50-80 million infertile couples in the world. objective: considering the critical effects of lifestyle on reproductive health, this study aimed to compare the lifestyle of fertile and infertile couples in kermanshah during 2013. materials and methods: this resear...

BACKGROUND Beside traditional outcomes of safety and (cost-)effectiveness, the Institute of Medicine states patient-centeredness as an independent outcome indicator to evaluate the quality of healthcare. Providing patient-centered care is important because patients want to be heard for their ideas and concerns. Healthcare areas associated with high emotions and intensive treatment periods could...