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    Making decisions about fertility: Three facts GPS need to communicate to women

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    Authors
    Mazza, D.
    Cannold, L.
    Nagle, C.
    McKay, F.
    Brijnath, Bianca
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Mazza, D. and Cannold, L. and Nagle, C. and McKay, F. and Brijnath, B. 2012. Making decisions about fertility: Three facts GPS need to communicate to women. Australian Family Physician. 41 (5): pp. 343-346.
    Source Title
    Australian Family Physician
    Additional URLs
    http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2012/may/making-decisions-about-fertility/
    ISSN
    0300-8495
    School
    School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15231
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Background: Average annual fertility rates in industrialised countries have been below two children per woman for the past 3 decades. The reasons behind women's childbearing behaviour are complex. However, a lack of awareness regarding the consequences of delayed childbearing and the inability of reproductive technologies to overcome the 'biological clock' may be contributory factors. Objective/s: A narrative review guided by the research question: What do women need to know about the consequences of delayed childbearing in order to make informed decisions about their fertility? Discussion: There are three facts that women need to know in order to make informed decisions around their fertility: Some women want to have more children than they are able to have because they postpone childbearing; there can be medical consequences to delaying childbearing and; some women's ideas about their fertility don't match the 'the scientific facts'. General practitioners are well placed to play a strategic role in the provision of timely, relevant information to help women make informed decisions about their fertility. Further research is needed to identify the most appropriate ways for GPs to communicate this information.

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