Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1384-1388 , October 2009

“Letting go” coping is associated with successful IVF treatment outcome

  • Nathalie Rapoport-Hubschman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • IVF and Infertility Unit, Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Nathalie Rapoport-Hubschman, Infertility and IVF Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Jabotinski 39, 49100 Petah Tikva, Israel (FAX: 972 937 64 49).
    • ,
  • Yori Gidron, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Rivka Reicher-Atir, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • IVF and Infertility Unit, Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • ,
  • Onit Sapir, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • IVF and Infertility Unit, Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • ,
  • Benjamin Fisch, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • IVF and Infertility Unit, Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Received 23 April 2008 ,Revised 21 July 2008 ,Accepted 7 August 2008.

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 N.R.-H. has nothing to disclose. Y.G. has nothing to disclose. R.R.-A. has nothing to disclose. O.S. has nothing to disclose. B.F. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03366-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.012

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1384-1388 , October 2009

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