Infertility and assisted reproduction in Denmark

Most young people expect to become parents later inlife. However in industrialized countries 17-26% ofthose couples having tried to get a child will beinfertile. They will not have achieved a pregnancyafter more than 1 year of trying. Besides being amedical condition infertility is a social situation.For many couples infertility causes serious strain ontheir interpersonal relationships. This doctoralthesis provides information about infertility andassisted reproduction in Denmark. This country hasthe highest percentage of fertility treatmentcompared to the size of the population and in 20078% of all newborn children were conceived afterfertility treatment. This book provides estimates ofinfertility and medical care seeking and patient'sexpectations to and evaluation of fertilitytreatment. Furthermore on the communicationstrategies and coping strategies used in order tomanage the stress related to infertility. The bookwill be especially useful for health care staff andcounselors working with fertility patients as well asfor researchers in infertility epidemiology andpsychosocial infertility research.