Aspects of Infertility

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This research paper attempts to identify those aspects typically associated with infertility that adversely affect women, and to a lesser extent men, as they attempt to resolve the economic, physical, social, and psychological effects that are frequently a part of the response to the condition.

Table of Contents
Project Purpose
Introduction
Types of Needs Associated with Infertility
Implication for Nursing Practice
Conclusion

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"Generally speaking, and not surprisingly, women experience more negative effects than men throughout the entire infertility diagnostic and treatment process. Some of the common effects experienced include a greater sense of loss of control than men have and a greater tendency to blame themselves for the couple's infertility (Gibson & Myers, 2002). Furthermore, a number of studies have shown that women are more likely to perceive childlessness as simply unacceptable and these authors note that there has been numerous gender differences identified in coping with infertility (Gibson & Myers, 2002). From a psychosocial perspective, a theme in the literature on maternity assumes that psychological problems tend to be caused by an intrapsychic conflict in the individual as she experiences the stresses associated with trying to reproduce. The contemporary literature on women contains numerous powerful accounts of the tormented feelings experienced by infertile women (Sandelowski, 1990). According to Oakley (1993), infertility, habitual abortion and premature delivery have all been cited as being psychosomatic defenses that result from women's hostile identification with their own mothers, as symptomatic of a general rejection of the feminine role, or as evidence of disturbed sexual relationships with men."

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