Marja Visser

University Medical Center Groningen

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Monique H. Mochtar

Amsterdam University Medical Centers

Fulco van der Veen

Amsterdam University Medical Centers

Anne Schrijvers

Amsterdam University Medical Centers

J.C.J.M. de Haes

University of Amsterdam

Trudie Gerrits

University of Amsterdam

Floor van Rooij

University of Amsterdam

Henny Bos

University of Amsterdam

L.M.L. Ong

University of California, Davis

Frits B. Lammes

University of Amsterdam

I.P.M. Kruyver

Zorginstituut Nederland

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University of Amsterdam

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Amsterdam University Medical Centers

Radboud University Nijmegen

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

University Medical Center Groningen

Radboud University Medical Center

Public Health Service of Amsterdam

Utrecht University

Amsterdam University of the Arts

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Psychosocial counselling for intended parents who opt for donor sperm treatment: which topics do they find relevant?

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology (2019)

Anne Schrijvers Floor van Rooij Geertjan Overbeek E. de Reus Marieke Schoonenberg

Objective: This study aimed to explore which topics intended parents who opt for donor sperm treatment find relevant to discuss in psychosocial counselling. Background: The choice for donor sperm treatment has psychosocial implications for intended parents and therefore psychosocial counselling is advised as an integral part of DST. To date, little is known about which topics intended parents find relevant to discuss in psychosocial counselling. Methods: We conducted 25 semi-structured in-depth interviews between 2015 and 2017 with heterosexual men and women, lesbian women and single women who opted for donor sperm treatment and had a counselling session as part of their intake. They were recruited through three Dutch fertility centres, three network organisations and by snowball sampling. Results: Intended parents found it relevant to discuss the following seven topics in psychosocial counselling: the decision to opt for donor sperm treatment, choosing a sperm donor, coping with questions from family and friends, non-genetic parenthood, single motherhood, openness and disclosure, and future contact between the child and half-siblings. Conclusion: We recommend that counsellors take a more active role in bringing up the topics found in our study and that a clear distinction is made between counselling with the aim to screen intended parents and counselling with the aim to offer guidance.

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10.1080/02646838.2019.1702632

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The contribution of psychological factors to fatigue in cancer patients

PsycEXTRA Dataset (1995)

Ellen M.A. Smets Marja Visser B. Garsen J.C.J.M. de Haes

Cancer-related fatigue

10.1037/e536912011-013

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Understanding the level of fatigue in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy

Journal of Psychosomatic Research (1998)

E.M.A. Smets Marja Visser Bert Garssen Nico H. Frijda Paul Oosterveld

10.1016/s0022-3999(97)00286-9

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Disclosure and donor-conceived children

Human Reproduction (2017)

Marilyn Crawshaw Damian Adams Sonia Allan Eric Blyth Kate M. Bourne

Donor insemination

10.1093/humrep/dex107

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Routine psychosocial care in infertility and medically assisted reproduction - a guide for fertility staff: External Review Report

Douglas M. Saunders Petra Thorn Vanya Savova Liora Baor Patricia E. Hershberger

Fertility clinic

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Counsellors’ practices in donor sperm treatment

Human Fertility (2018)

Marja Visser Trudie Gerrits Fulco van der Veen Monique H. Mochtar

When intended parents choose to have donor sperm treatment (DST), this may entail wide-ranging and long-lasting psychosocial implications related to the social parent not having a genetic tie with the child, how to disclose donor-conception and future donor contact. Counselling by qualified professionals is recommended to help intended parents cope with these implications. The objective of this study is to present findings and insights about how counsellors execute their counselling practices. We performed a qualitative study that included 13 counsellors working in the 11 clinics offering DST in the Netherlands. We held a focus group discussion and individual face-to-face semi-structured interviews, which were fully transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. The counsellors combined screening for eligibility and guidance within one session. They acted according to their individual knowledge and clinical experience and had different opinions on the issues they discussed with intended parents, which resulted in large practice variations. The counsellors were dependent on the admission policies of the clinics, which were mainly limited to regulating access to psychosocial counselling, which also lead to a variety of counselling practices. This means that evidence-based guidelines on counselling in DST need to be developed to provide consistent counselling with less practice variation.

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10.1080/14647273.2018.1449970

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P03-11 Outcome and clinical characteristics of patients intoxicated with Amanita phalloides in a Dutch tertiary center

Toxicology Letters (2022)

Marja Visser Astrid M. Broek Joyce J. de Jong D.J. Touw B.G. Dekkers

Center (category theory)

Amanita phalloides

10.1016/j.toxlet.2022.07.273

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Counselling on disclosure of gamete donation to donor offspring:a search for facts.

PubMed (2012)

Marja Visser Petronella Kop Madelon van Wely Fulco van der Veen G.J.E. Gerrits

High quality counseling of potential parents is needed in the process of disclosure to donor offspring, which is important for the child and for family relationships. We performed a search for facts to identify the role of counseling in couples undergoing gamete donation.We systematically searched Pubmed, EMBASE and Psychinfo. Studies were included if they reported on counseling in gamete donation.A total of 20 studies were included. Twelve studies stated that counselling was offered. The reported studies reflected no consensus about when and how counselling in gamete donation should be offered and no theoretical background of the disclosure/ secrecy issue. About 50% of the parents expressed the need for guidance and support of a counsellor. Special concerns were the disclosure issue and the future contact with the donor. Parents did not receive the guidance and support they needed in the disclosure process after treatment.Empirical knowledge on counselling is lacking. This review demonstrates the need to know more precisely at what moments couples should be counselled, and which specific information and guidelines couples need to receive to be more confident in the disclosure process to donor offspring.

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‘Doing’ kinship: heterosexual parents’ experiences of non-genetic parenthood through donor conception

Reproductive BioMedicine Online (2022)

Maria Siermann Marja Visser Anne Schrijvers Monique H. Mochtar Trudie Gerrits

Nature versus nurture

Childlessness

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Sperm donation

Egg donation