Technology and Infertility - Clinical, Psychosocial, Legal, and Ethical Aspects (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)

Medicine is changing at a speed never witnessed before in history. With each passing year, medical technology achieves the capacity to provide cures and improve treatments that even a short time before were difficult to con ceptualize and impossible to provide. Reproductive technology personifies this concept perhaps better than any other field of medicine. The 1990s have seen an explosion in endoscopic and ambulatory procedures, the application of molecular biology to clinical conditions, and the refinement of assisted reproduction to allow third parties (donors and surrogates) into the process of family building. More than ever before, comprehensive medical care requires a team approach. However, the team comprises not only medical and scientific personnel, but also mental health professionals, lawyers, and ethicists. This integrated and multidisciplinary approach to medical care will become even more necessary as medical capabilities continue to develop faster than society can respond. This book reflects such an approach. It is based on a Harvard Postgraduate Course in June 1990 entitled Infertility in the 1990s: Technological Advances and Their Psychosocial Implications that was sponsored by the Faulkner Centre for Reproductive Medicine. The first half of the course was directed by Drs. M. Seibel, A. Kiessling, and C. Richards. The second half of the course was directed by Dr. M. Seibel, J. Bernstein, R. N. and S. Levin, LICSW."

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	1993
Editors:	MacHelle M Seibel • Ann A. Kiessling • Judith Bernstein • Susan R. Levin
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	446
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
ISBN-13:	978-1-4613-9207-1
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > General Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Gynaecology & obstetrics > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4613-9207-1
Barcode:	9781461392071

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