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A Couple Who Cannot Conceive: Coping with Infertility

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The experience of infertility and its medical treatment is for most couples an emotional challenging life crisis. For a successful coping with this crisis, it is essential to use only effective coping strategies. These are mainly active-confronting and meaning-based coping strategies, whereas avoidance coping strategies usually increase the personal and marital stress of both partners. In this chapter some typical issues in the relationship between health care professional and the infertile couples will be described. One important didactical goal will be to increase the knowledge on favorable coping strategies in infertility and how to address these coping strategies adequately as an Ob/Gyn-professional.

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  1. Institute of Medical Psychology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Tewes Wischmann PD Dr, Dipl-Psych

  2. Fertility Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Heribert Kentenich MD (Prof)

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gelre Hospitals Apeldoorn Location, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

    K Marieke Paarlberg

  2. Wenckebach Institute, University of Groningen University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Harry B.M. van de Wiel

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Wischmann, T., Kentenich, H. (2017). A Couple Who Cannot Conceive: Coping with Infertility. In: Paarlberg, K., van de Wiel, H. (eds) Bio-Psycho-Social Obstetrics and Gynecology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40404-2_14

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