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Conception. Artificial insemination. Contraception

  • Sex In The Future: The Reproductive Revolution and How it Will Change Usby Robin Baker

    Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. 2001; US$ 3.99

    Provocative and often shocking, Sex in the Future examines how advances in reproductive technology will change human behavior. In-vitro fertilization and surrogate motherhood could mean the end not only of infertility but also of the need for men and women to form relationships or for women to interrupt careers for pregnancy. Sperm and egg storage... more...

  • The Elusive Embryoby Gaylene Becker

    University of California Press 2000; US$ 12.95

    In the first book to examine the industry of reproductive technology from the perspective of the consumer, Gay Becker scrutinizes the staggering array of medical options available to women and men with fertility problems and assesses the toll--both financial and emotional--that the quest for a biological child often exacts from would-be parents. more...

  • IVF & Everafterby Nichola Bedos

    Rockpool Publishing 2009; US$ 9.99

    IVF and Ever After focuses on IVF treatment, its effects on families and relationships, and how to minimize the stress it causes.   A groundbreaking work ? no other book deals with the emotional experiences involved in IVF treatment and bringing up an IVF child.  ? IVF clinics are overflowing with new patients and have little room for the ?personal... more...

  • Quality Management in ART Clinicsby Fabíola Bento; Sandro Esteves; Ashok Agarwal

    Springer 2012; US$ 149.99

    In the last decades, major advances have been made in assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and the public demand for these procedures has increased globally. All ART clinics, from those just starting out to the well established, must employ the latest equipment and implement the best practices, while ensuring that their resources are effectively... more...

  • Kin, Gene, Communityby Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli; Yoram S. Carmeli

    Berghahn Books 2011; US$ 95.00

    Israel is the only country in the world that offers free fertility treatments to nearly any woman who requires medical assistance. It also has the world's highest per capita usage of in-vitro fertilization. Examining state policies and the application of reproductive technologies among Jewish Israelis, this volume explores the role of tradition... more...

  • Assisting Reproduction, Testing Genesby Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli; Marcia C. Inhorn

    Berghahn Books 2011; US$ 85.00

    Following the routinization of assisted reproduction in the industrialized world, technologies such as in vitro fertilization, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and DNA-based paternity testing have traveled globally and are now being offered to couples in numerous non-Western countries. This volume explores the application and impact of these advanced... more...

  • Comparative Biomedical Policyby Ivar A. Bleiklie; Malcolm L. Goggin; Christine Rothmayr

    Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 145.00

    This book presents a comparative study examining assisted reproductive technology policies in North America and Europe. Based on original and detailed research, this up-to-date volume establishes a knowledge base for understanding policy debates on topics such as embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning. more...

  • Third Party Assisted Conception Across Culturesby Eric Blyth; Ruth Landau; Cecilia Chan; Celia Chan Hoi Yan; Petra Thorn

    Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2003; US$ 38.95

    This is a comprehensive guide to the place of third party assisted conception within health care provision, drawing on ethical and religious standpoints as well as political and economic factors. Blyth and Landau have brought together contributors to consider the social, legal and ethical aspects of assisted conception in thirteen countries. more...

  • Beginning Lifeby Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald

    Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 42.00

    Examines the medical innovations that have created new lives and saved others, including in vitro fertilization, surrogacy, and stem cell and therapeutic cloning, and explains the ethical implications of these advancements. more...

  • Conceiving Kinshipby Monica M.E. Bonaccorso

    Berghahn Books 2011; US$ 80.00

    Conceiving Kinship is an in-depth journey, the first of its kind, into how heterosexual, lesbian and gay couples using programmes of gamete donation conceptualize and make Italian kinship. It explores the provision of treatment in clinical and non-clinical settings at a time when Italy was considered the 'Wild-West' of assisted conception. This... more...