ArticleJournal of religion and health2018
How Infertility Patients and Providers View and Confront Religious and Spiritual Issues.
Article in Journal of religion and health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Religious Versus Non-religious Self-compassion Interventions on Anxiety and Quality of Life of Iranian Infertile Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of religion and health · 2025Trial
- Spiritual Needs and Concerns of Infertility Patients: A Literature Review.Journal of religion and health · 2026Review
- Spiritual counselling and women's well-being in orthodox christianity: embryo adoption as surrogate motherhood.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Quality of life, spiritual needs, and well-being of people affected by infertility and its treatment: quantitative results of a mixed-methods study.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025Article
- The Stigma and Infertility-Related Stress of Chinese Infertile Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Addressing the Rehabilitation Needs of Women Experiencing Infertility in Ethiopia: Time for Action.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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- Determining the Cultural Care Needs of Infertile Couples in Turkey: A Qualitative Study Guided by the Cultural Competence Model.Journal of religion and health · 2022Article
- In Vitro Fertilization: A Pastoral Taboo?Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
- Spiritual and Religious Issues of Stigmatization Women with Infertility: A Qualitative Study : Spiritual and Religious Issues of Stigmatization.Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
- Impediments to communication and relationships between infertility care providers and patients.BMC women's health · 2018Article
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Abstract
Questions arise concerning whether and how religion affects infertility treatment decisions. Thirty-seven infertility providers and patients were interviewed. Patients confront religious, spiritual, and metaphysical issues coping with treatment failures and religious opposition from clergy and others. Religion can provide meaning and support, but poses questions and objections that patients may try to avoid or negotiate-e.g., concealing treatment or changing clergy. Differences exist within and between religions. Whether and how much providers discuss these issues with patients varies. These data, the first to examine several key aspects of how infertility providers and patients confront religious/spiritual issues, have important implications for practice, research, guidelines, and education.
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