Baby-making in the new millennium : [what the new reproductive treatments mean for families and society] / Bart Fauser and Paul Devroey with Simon Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fauser, Bart.

Contributor:

Devroey, Paul.

Brown, Simon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproductive technology--Forecasting.

Human reproductive technology.

Human reproduction--History.

Human reproduction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 and political trends - declining birth rates, delayed first pregnancy, childbirth beyond the age of 40, the state funding of infertility treatment - fertility treatment is a hot topic, high on the agenda of politicians in their efforts to reverse declining national fertility rates. The range of new technologies

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?; Postscript; 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-162814-X

1-283-34874-8

9786613348746

0-19-162813-1

OCLC:

763157755