Access to infertility investigations and treatment in couples infected with HIV: questionnaire survey

Two broad groups of patients infected with HIV are likely to request infertility treatment The first group consists of couples in which only one partner is infected with HIV (serodiscordant couples) who would like to have children but who wish to avoid the transmission of the virus to the uninfected...

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Published inBMJ Vol. 323; no. 7324; p. 1285
Main Authors Apoola, Ade, tenHof, Judith, Allan, P S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 01.12.2001
British Medical Association
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
BMJ Publishing Group
BMJ
EditionInternational edition
Subjects
Bioethics
Childbirth
Discrimination
Female
Health Care Rationing - statistics & numerical data
Health Care Surveys
Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data
HIV
HIV Infections - complications
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Infertility
Infertility - complications
Infertility - diagnosis
Infertility - therapy
Infertility treatments
Male
Prejudice
Questionnaires
Refusal to Treat
Reproductive Medicine - organization & administration
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Surveys and Questionnaires
United Kingdom
Viruses
Websites
Empirical Approach
Health Care and Public Health
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Summary:Two broad groups of patients infected with HIV are likely to request infertility treatment The first group consists of couples in which only one partner is infected with HIV (serodiscordant couples) who would like to have children but who wish to avoid the transmission of the virus to the uninfected partner; they may not be subfertile.
Bibliography:Correspondence to: A Apoola
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Contributors: AA designed the study, collected and analysed the data, and drafted the paper. JtH conceived the idea for the project and contributed to the design of the questionnaire. PSA contributed to the design of the questionnaire and to revising the paper. All authors commented on drafts of the paper. AA is the guarantor.
Correspondence to: A Apoola apoola@yahoo.com
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1285