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Couples and individuals diagnosed as infertile present with special psychological needs. Appropriate recognition and support of these needs is the responsibility of the caring team and different members can contribute in different but overlapping ways throughout the whole spectrum of the infertility experience. There is a requirement for the development and exercise of counselling skills by nurses in this field. These skills are concerned principally with the management of care, the giving of information and support in ensuring that the couple make informed consent. In addition there must be access to the services of specially trained counsellors whose role is different. This counselling is concerned with helping couples to explore problems, gain insight into themselves and their situation, examine implications of treatments offered and make critical choices.
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Inglis, M.M., Denton, J. (1992). Infertility Nurses and Counselling. In: Templeton, A.A., Drife, J.O. (eds) Infertility. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1962-3_24
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