Taking baby steps : how patients and fertility clinics collaborate in conception /

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"In Taking Baby Steps, Jody Lyneé Madeira takes readers inside the infertility experience, from dealing with infertility-related emotions through forming treatment relationships with medical professionals to confronting difficult medical decisions. Based on hundreds of interviews, this book in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Madeira, Jody Lyneé (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Infertility > Patients > Counseling of > Moral and ethical aspects.
Fertility clinics > Evaluation.
Infertility > Alternative treatment.
Infertility > Psychological aspects.
Patient education.
Human reproductive technology.
Conception.
Fertilization (Biology)
Patient Education as Topic
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Fertilization
Infertilité > Patients > Counseling > Aspect moral.
Cliniques d'infertilité > Évaluation.
Infertilité > Médecines parallèles.
Infertilité > Aspect psychologique.
Éducation des patients.
Procréation médicalement assistée.
Fécondation.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In Taking Baby Steps, Jody Lyneé Madeira takes readers inside the infertility experience, from dealing with infertility-related emotions through forming treatment relationships with medical professionals to confronting difficult medical decisions. Based on hundreds of interviews, this book investigates how women, men, and medical professionals negotiate infertility's rocky terrain to create life and build families--a journey across personal, medical, legal, and ethical minefields that can test mental and physical health, friendships and marriages, spirituality, and financial security."--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 292 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520966314
0520966317

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