Infertility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18929993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arthur L Greil (0000-0002-3101-0055, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosi040 |
| OpenAlex | W4256059877 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Infertility is a term used by medical professionals to refer to the physical inability to conceive a child or to successfully carry a child to term. Demographers typically employ the word “subfecundity” to describe this inability to have desired children. Some demographers use “infertility” to mean childlessness, regardless of childbearing intentions or contraception practices, but others utilize the term more narrowly and in conformity with popular and general sociological usage to refer to a woman's inability to give birth in the absence of contraception
Childlessness · Conformity · Fertility · Infertility · Population · Pregnancy · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |