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Chapter 1 - The Patient’s Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2019

By
Kate Brian
Edited by
Jane A. Stewart
Jane A. Stewart
Affiliation:
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Summary

A good fertility clinic is about more than success rates, and a good fertility specialist has an understanding of fertility problems which goes beyond the clinical aspects of patient care. It is easy to overlook the patient’s perspective in the rush to learn about the latest evidence-based scientific developments in fertility treatment, but good quality patient care is not simply a matter of telling patients what you think is best for them and providing that service.

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Subfertility, Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproduction , pp. 1 - 5
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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