Baby-making / Bart Fauser & Paul Devroey ; with Simon Brown.
2011
RG133.5 .F38 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Baby-making / Bart Fauser & Paul Devroey ; with Simon Brown.
ISBN
9780199597314 (alk. paper)
0199597316 (alk. paper)
0199597316 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
x, 292 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
RG133.5 .F38 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.69206
Summary
Doctors and professors of reproductive medicine Fauser and Devroey relay their knowledge of this field's many advances since the first live in-vitro fertilization birth in 1978. With reasoned, rational discussion, the authors review the technology, ethical dilemmas, and statistical results of many current practices, providing data from around the world. Looking to the future, they address controversial topics including cloning, pregnancy in older women, and posthumous reproduction. With sympathy for patients who undergo fertility treatment, the authors discuss techniques and outcomes in fascinating detail, informing both practitioners and patients. A glossary, abbreviation reference key, and numerous visual aids contribute to a valuable resource for those with a personal or professional interest in assisted fertility. The book's information on the availability of IVF relates to Europe, and the prices for procedures are given in euros.
Note
"What the new reproductive treatments mean for families and society"--Dust jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Devroey, Paul.
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Table of Contents
How to design a baby
What couples want and how we deal with it
The infertility epidemic
The right treatment for the right patient
In search of the embryo guaranteed to implant
Infertility treatments for fertile people
Who pays? The social implications
How far can we go?
What couples want and how we deal with it
The infertility epidemic
The right treatment for the right patient
In search of the embryo guaranteed to implant
Infertility treatments for fertile people
Who pays? The social implications
How far can we go?