Employing psychoanalytic theories of development, this book reveals the interplay between physical, emotional and psychological factors that contribute to the individual patterns of development. This book covers the major milestones of life, including adolescence, work, parenthood and old age.
This book explores the issues that surround medically assisted reproduction. It addresses the place of destiny, including how to think about individual destinies in an age of increasingly accessible gene sequencing paired with a growing link between procreation and prediction.
Intended for readers with a background in fertility medicine as well as those less familiar with IVF, this comprehensive work presents an update on preimplantation genetic testing to enable single embryo transfer (SET).
The well-worded chapters draw the reader's attention to significant aspects before initiating the actual embryo transfer, such as possible causes of failure at the embryo transfer stage, uterine evaluation, mock embryo transfer (ET), experience of the physician, and the use of ultrasound-guidance to monitor ET.
This book is on ovulation induction and controlled ovarian stimulation which is an integral part of most infertility therapies like intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization.
Global experts present thought-provoking, and often diametric, views on over 50 topics in one of modern healthcare's most controversial areas: reproductive medicine. Issues discussed include limits on IVF provision, ethical queries about sex selection, embryology, and ovarian stimulation.
Providing practical guidance for the optimal organization and management of embryo culture in the IVF laboratory, this essential volume covers how to run the facilities effectively, the equipment and consumables needed and different types of culture systems used. Handling techniques, methods of microscopy and safety issues are discussed in detail.
A complete guide to intracytoplasmic sperm injection techniques (ICSI) and how to optimize the procedure to ensure success. Covers sperm selection, laser-assisted ICSI, and the use of piezo along with practical advice for trouble shooting. An essential resource for clinical embryologists and laboratory personnel wishing to refine their techniques.
Published in 1998, this book is a collected volume of papers from the first conference of the European Network for Biomedical ethics. The main subject of this conference is the ethical assessment of IVF in view of its concrete application as an infertility treatment and the consideration of possible alternatives for use.