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UNINA9910457786403321 |
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Autore |
Fauser Bart |
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Titolo |
Baby-making in the new millennium [[electronic resource] ] : [what the new reproductive treatments mean for families and society] / / Bart Fauser and Paul Devroey with Simon Brown |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-34874-8 |
9786613348746 |
0-19-162813-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (303 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human reproductive technology - Forecasting |
Human reproduction - History |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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