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

• Autore: Fauser Bart
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.19817806
• Soggetto topico: Human reproductive technology - Forecasting; Human reproduction - History
• Altri autori: DevroeyPaul BrownSimon
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Baby-making in the new millennium
• ISBN: 0-19-162814-X; 1-283-34874-8; 9786613348746; 0-19-162813-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781578803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II