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Chapter 16 - Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Queer Fertility Patients

from Part IV - Addressing the Needs of Diverse Populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2022

By
Sarah Holley  and
Lauri Pasch
Edited by
Sharon N. Covington
Sharon N. Covington
Affiliation:
Shady Grove Fertility, Rockville, MD
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Summary

We are colleagues who provide fertility counseling services at the University of California, San Francisco Center for Reproductive Health (CRH). We provide a range of counseling, psychoeducational, and assessment services to CRH patients, including consultations with the population that is the focus of this chapter: lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer (LGBQ)

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Fertility Counseling: Case Studies , pp. 88 - 93
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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