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Infertility : the facts /
Infertility is a significant health issue and one that has received increasing media attention in the UK and elsewhere in recent years. For affected couples, it is the cause of substantial distress and feelings of isolation that can lead to associated anxiety and depression. This is compounded by a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Facts (Oxford, England)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Preface
- About the authors
- Contributing authors
- 1 Overview of fertility and the biological clock
- 2 Preparing for pregnancy
- 3 Getting pregnant: a background to hormones and how the body works
- 4 How to choose your clinic
- 5 The law and fertility treatment (regulation)
- 6 The initial consultation: what is covered in your first clinic visit?
- 7 Why aren�t I getting pregnant? Fertility tests
- 8 Counselling: dealing with the emotional aspects of infertility
- 9 Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
- 10 Male fertility
- 11 Treatment options before IVF12 Problems with ovulation and polycystic ovary syndrome
- 13 Ovulation induction
- 14 In vitro fertilization (including ICSI and IVM)
- 15 Ovarian hyperstimulation
- 16 Preimplantation genetic tests
- 17 Sperm donation (donor insemination)
- 18 Egg donation
- 19 Surrogacy
- 20 Fertility and the older woman
- 21 Gynaecological problems and fertility
- 22 Tubal surgery
- 23 Reversal of sterilization and reversal of vasectomy
- 24 Pregnancy after fertility treatment
- 25 Coping with infertility
- 26 Adoption
- Useful addresses and further readingGlossary
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Z