Technology And Infertility

Author : Joanne S. Stevenson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780826172549

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Fertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) by Joanne S. Stevenson, PhD, RN, FAAN Pdf

Delivers current knowledge from global experts at the forefront of fertility and ART healthcare The first publication of its kind, this book on fertility and assisted reproductive technology (ART) is a globally focused, authoritative guide to state-of-the-art information about modern fertility and ART healthcare. Written for clinicians, public health officials, women’s health experts, scientists, students, scholars, and other interested individuals, the book encompasses theoretical, research, policy, and clinical practice aspects of fertility and ART healthcare. The book features the diverse contributions of multidisciplinary researchers, scholars, and clinicians from eight countries who explore contemporary health care perspectives regarding individuals and families dealing with infertility and fertility challenges including such advanced technologies as in-vitro fertilization, intrauterine insemination, and oocyte preservation. The book addresses theoretical underpinnings of fertility and ART healthcare including new ways of conceptualizing research and theoretical concepts. Practical aspects involved with administering and treating the many women and men whose lives are affected by fertility challenges are illuminated. Complex policy concerns resulting from the rapid advances in fertility and ART are considered. The health care needs of those seeking fertility evaluation and treatment including access to care locally and globally are examined in depth. The book also includes discussions about novel approaches and emerging populations in fertility and ART healthcare that expand the scope of care. Thought-provoking case examples from contemporary care practices will help the reader to synthesize information. Key Features: Delivers thought provoking ART research and practice issues for health care clinicians, scholars, and scientists Synthesizes evolving theory, research, clinical practice, and public policy concerns Addresses complex considerations within the practice and delivery of fertility and ART services Written by international thought leaders and emerging scholars on the forefront of ART technologies and other issues Includes case study exemplars to stimulate critical thinking and transform discussion about modern fertility and ART care

Author : Jane Haynes,Juliet Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781135480363

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Inconceivable Conceptions by Jane Haynes,Juliet Miller Pdf

It is over two decades since the first test-tube baby was born. During this period a new belief that all infertile women can now have babies has become widely accepted; indeed, infertile couples may feel great pressure to seek a medical solution. However, the psychological and social effects of the changing experiences of infertility remain confusing, both for those who experience infertility and for wider society. In this book, a distinguished range of contributors, including novelist Hilary Mantel and Germaine Greer, examine the experience of infertility from both male and female perspectives, the psychological aspects of infertility diagnosis and treatment, and the often radical and unexpected effects on kinship. Drawing from a wide range of theoretical backgrounds including Jungian, analytical, and compelling personal reflections, this book aims to unravel the implications of advancing reproductive technology for our understanding of ourselves and our families.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Suzanne Wymelenberg
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1990-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309041362

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Science and Babies by Institute of Medicine,Suzanne Wymelenberg Pdf

By all indicators, the reproductive health of Americans has been deteriorating since 1980. Our nation is troubled by rates of teen pregnancies and newborn deaths that are worse than almost all others in the Western world. Science and Babies is a straightforward presentation of the major reproductive issues we face that suggests answers for the public. The book discusses how the clash of opinions on sex and family planning prevents us from making a national commitment to reproductive health; why people in the United States have fewer contraceptive choices than those in many other countries; what we need to do to improve social and medical services for teens and people living in poverty; how couples should "shop" for a fertility service and make consumer-wise decisions; and what we can expect in the futureâ€"featuring interesting accounts of potential scientific advances.

Author : Linda Bickerstaff
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-15
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781435850248

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Technology and Infertility by Linda Bickerstaff Pdf

Discusses the advances in reproductive technology, presenting information on the causes of infertility and such treatments as drug therapy, egg donation, and insemination.

Author : Dmitry M. Kissin,G. David Adamson,Georgina Chambers,Christian De Geyter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-04
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781108498586

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Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance by Dmitry M. Kissin,G. David Adamson,Georgina Chambers,Christian De Geyter Pdf

Offers a comprehensive guide to assisted reproductive technology surveillance, describing its history, global variations, and best practices.

Author : Machelle M. Seibel,Ann A. Kiessling,Judith Bernstein,Susan R. Levin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461392057

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Technology and Infertility by Machelle M. Seibel,Ann A. Kiessling,Judith Bernstein,Susan R. Levin Pdf

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.

Author : Dhastagir Sultan Sheriff
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781838811358

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Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Hormone Assays by Dhastagir Sultan Sheriff Pdf

Infertility is a major public health concern and medical condition that afflicts millions globally. As such, many people seek reproductive care with the goal of receiving a proper diagnosis and a successful outcome using assisted reproductive technology (ART). Infertility: Assisted Methods of Reproduction and Hormonal Assays provides an overview of ART methods and discusses recent trends in the field. Chapters cover an array of topics including diagnosis of infertility using hormonal assays, adverse outcomes of ART, oocyte donation, cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos and psychosocial care.

Author : Kay Elder,Doris J. Baker,Julie A. Ribes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-12-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1139455591

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Infections, Infertility, and Assisted Reproduction by Kay Elder,Doris J. Baker,Julie A. Ribes Pdf

ART treatment is vulnerable to the hazard of potential infection from many different sources: patients, samples, staff and the environment. Culture of gametes and embryos in vitro provides multiple targets for transmission of potential infection, including the developing embryo, neighbouring gametes and embryos, the couple undergoing treatment and other couples being treated during the same period. This unique situation, with multifaceted opportunities for microbial growth and transmission, makes infection and contamination control absolutely crucial in the practice of assisted reproduction, and in the laboratory in particular. Originally published in 2004, this practical book provides a basic overview of microbiology in the context of ART, providing a guide to infections in reproductive medicine. The relevant facets of the complex and vast field of microbiology are condensed and focused, highlighting information that is crucial for safe practice in both clinical and laboratory aspects of ART.

Author : Kate Hampshire,Bob Simpson
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781782388081

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Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the Third Phase by Kate Hampshire,Bob Simpson Pdf

Following the birth of the first “test-tube baby” in 1978, Assisted Reproductive Technologies became available to a small number of people in high-income countries able to afford the cost of private treatment, a period seen as the “First Phase” of ARTs. In the “Second Phase,” these treatments became increasingly available to cosmopolitan global elites. Today, this picture is changing — albeit slowly and unevenly — as ARTs are becoming more widely available. While, for many, accessing infertility treatments remains a dream, these are beginning to be viewed as a standard part of reproductive healthcare and family planning. This volume highlights this “Third Phase” — the opening up of ARTs to new constituencies in terms of ethnicity, geography, education, and class.

Author : H Nayana Patel,C Sandro Esteves
Publisher : Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789388958998

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Advances in Assisted Reproductive Technologies by H Nayana Patel,C Sandro Esteves Pdf

This book reviews important advances that have made the field of assisted reproduction a dynamic subspecialty and provides insight into other exciting areas of research that will continue to revolutionize the field in the future. Assisted reproductive technology (ART) involves the use of medical techniques to tackle infertility. ART includes the usage of procedures such as ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection), IVF (in vitro fertilization), cryopreservation of embryos or gametes, use of fertility medication and so on. This book aims to highlight the most recent advances in assisted conception and highlights ongoing and potential future of this field. This book consists of 42 chapters, which include individualized controlled ovarian stimulation, Luteal phase stimulation, role of adjuvants in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation, endometrial receptivity, procedure in assisted reproductive technology, genetic testing in male infertility, medical management of male infertility, color Doppler in infertility, fertility-enhancing surgeries in ART, recurrent pregnancy loss, regenerative medicine in infertility, oocyte quality, morphokinetics in ART, co-culture techniques in ART, triple parenting etc. The book is a comprehensive learning manual providing important information for both scientists and clinicians. Every chapter is focused on a specific topic and uses international scientific standards of evidence-based medicine.

Author : Gerard S. Letterie
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781841843414

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Surgery, Assisted Reproductive Technology and Infertility by Gerard S. Letterie Pdf

Surgery, Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Infertility describes the intersection of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and surgery in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of clinical disorders in reproduction. Unlike many texts currently available, this book provides a road map for management well beyond the how-to for a given problem. It brings you a cogent explanation about the when and why of management. The author balances decision trees and management paradigms with equal weight to surgery and ART as complementary procedures to enhance reproductive potential. He carefully explains options incorporating diagnostic studies into the paradigm that include conventional radiography (eg, hysterosalpingography), two- and three-dimensional ultrasound imaging and MRI analysis. The text includes clear discussion of the rationale for selecting one technique over another and the supporting role for surgery as a prelude to ART or as an appropriate first line management. The text is centered on dividing evaluations in infertility into the tandem topics of structure and function. All chapters include data from studies directed at the assessment of structure using two- or three-dimensional ultrasound and the assessment of function using the technology of the emerging field of functional genomics. The introductory chapters cover embryology and anatomy of the female reproductive tract, evidence-based medicine in reproductive medicine and diagnostic studies that include imaging studies and the emerging field of microarray analysis and the insight gained from this technology. Each clinical chapter describes specific anatomic abnormalities and an approach emphasizing contemporary diagnostics and therapeutics. Every chapter begins with a historical perspective followed by discussions of state-of-the-art diagnostic studies, etiology, surgical management and guidelines for arriving at an outcomes driven decision regarding the intersection of surgery and ART. The discussion is supported by over 300 images and drawings illustrating each abnormality and surgical procedure. All recommendations are data and outcomes based. This approach minimizes anecdotal data, intuition or clinical hearsay. The text emphasizes an evidence-based approach and presents outcomes to support suggested plans of management. The most clinically and cost effective technology is matched to the clinical setting. Bottom line recommendations are written in a clear and concise bullet presentation at the conclusion of each chapter to help you meet the challenge of clinical infertility practice.

Author : Mohammed Ali Al-Bar,Hassan Chamsi-Pasha
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319184289

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Contemporary Bioethics by Mohammed Ali Al-Bar,Hassan Chamsi-Pasha Pdf

This book discusses the common principles of morality and ethics derived from divinely endowed intuitive reason through the creation of al-fitr' a (nature) and human intellect (al-‘aql). Biomedical topics are presented and ethical issues related to topics such as genetic testing, assisted reproduction and organ transplantation are discussed. Whereas these natural sources are God’s special gifts to human beings, God’s revelation as given to the prophets is the supernatural source of divine guidance through which human communities have been guided at all times through history. The second part of the book concentrates on the objectives of Islamic religious practice – the maqa' sid – which include: Preservation of Faith, Preservation of Life, Preservation of Mind (intellect and reason), Preservation of Progeny (al-nasl) and Preservation of Property. Lastly, the third part of the book discusses selected topical issues, including abortion, assisted reproduction devices, genetics, organ transplantation, brain death and end-of-life aspects. For each topic, the current medical evidence is followed by a detailed discussion of the ethical issues involved.

Author : Nidhi Sharma,Sudakshina Chakrabarti,Yona Barak,Adrian Ellenbogen
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781838805487

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Innovations In Assisted Reproduction Technology by Nidhi Sharma,Sudakshina Chakrabarti,Yona Barak,Adrian Ellenbogen Pdf

This book deals with all recent advances in clinical and laboratory aspects of assisted reproductive therapy (ART). It elaborates on innovations and developments in the field that have the potential to improve ART outcomes. Chapters cover such topics as newer techniques for evaluating sperm, DNA, and ovarian reserve, including proteomic analysis, sonoendocrinology, preparation and administration of platelet-rich plasma, and in vitro maturation. Authors also address the structure, function, and role of low molecular weight ligands of gonadotropins, as well as the ethical and legal aspects of ART.

Author : États-Unis. Congress. Office of technology assessment. Congres
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Human reproductive technology
ISBN : 9781428922549

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Infertility by États-Unis. Congress. Office of technology assessment. Congres Pdf

Author : Marcia Claire Inhorn,Frank van Balen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002-05-30
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0520231082

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Infertility Around the Globe by Marcia Claire Inhorn,Frank van Balen Pdf

These essays examine the global impact of infertility as a major reproductive health issue, one that has profoundly affected the lives of countless women and men. The contributors address a range of topics including how the deeply gendered nature of infertility sets the blame on women's shoulders.