Fertility and Sterility
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 274-275, February 2004

When and why does the dream die? or does it?

  • Alan S Penzias, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Boston IVF, Waltham, Massachusetts, USAand Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Alan Penzias, M.D., Boston IVF, 40 Second Avenue, Suite 300, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, USA (FAX: 781-434-6501).

Received 17 August 2003; received in revised form 30 September 2003; accepted 30 September 2003.

Abstract 

A large percentage of patients discontinues infertility treatment despite a reasonable prognosis and benefits that cover the costs. Recognition of this problem and appropriate intervention may play a role in helping couples remain in treatment.

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PII: S0015-0282(03)02864-4

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.09.028

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 274-275, February 2004

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