Baby-Making : What the new reproductive treatments mean for families and society.

Baby-Making : What the new reproductive treatments mean for families and society.

In the developing world, the choices available to couples for fertility treatments in the 21st century are wider than ever before. This is a time when most types of infertility can be treated by modern 'test-tube' methods, yet reproduction itself has become inextricably bound with social a...

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Main Author: Fauser, Bart
Other Authors: Devroey, Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2011.
Subjects:
Human reproductive technology > Social aspects.
Human reproductive technology > Transplantation.
Artificial insemination, Human.
Fertilization in vitro, Human.
Human embryo.
Surrogate motherhood.
Fertilization in vitro.
Social sciences.
Generative organs, Male > Diseases.
Reproductive technology.
Gynecologic pathology.
Generative organs, Female > Diseases.
Humanities.
Genitourinary organs > Diseases.
Therapeutics.
Social psychology.
Diseases.
Bioethics.
Infertility.
Human reproductive technology.
Economics.
social sciences.
humanities.
social psychology.
disease.
illness.
economics.
treating (health care function)
Therapeutics
Social sciences
Social psychology
Reproductive technology
Infertility
Humanities
Human reproductive technology
Gynecologic pathology
Genitourinary organs > Diseases
Generative organs, Male > Diseases
Generative organs, Female > Diseases
Fertilization in vitro
Economics
Diseases
Bioethics
Artificial insemination, Human
Fertilization in vitro, Human
Human embryo
Human reproductive technology > Social aspects
Surrogate motherhood
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Figures; 1 How to Design a Baby; 2 What Couples Want and How We Deal With It; 3 The Infertility Epidemic; 4 The Right Treatment for the Right Patient; 5 In Search of the Embryo Guaranteed to Implant; 6 Infertility Treatments for Fertile People; 7 Who Pays? The Social Implications; 8 How Far Can We Go?; Postcript; Postscript; Eight Chapters in a Nutshell; Glossary of terms; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; X.

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