Reproductive medicine Books

Book SynopsisThis book presents important and recent research on testosterone which is a steroid hormone from the androgen group. Testosterone is primarily secreted in the testes of males and the ovaries of females although small amounts are secreted by the adrenal glands. It is the principal male sex hormone and an anabolic steroid. In both males and females, it plays key roles in health and well-being. Examples include enhanced libido, energy, immune function, and protection against osteoporosis. On average, the adult male body produces about twenty times the amount of testosterone that an adult female''s body does.

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Book SynopsisPediatric Collections offers what you need to know - original, focused research in a snapshot approach. The teen pregnancy and birth rates have decreased in the US in the past 30 years due to factors such as the availability of more hormonal contraceptive options and delayed initiation of sexual intercourse. However, the US still has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates of industrialized countries. Moreover, disparities in teen pregnancy and birthrates still exist due mostly to social determinants of health. This all points to the increased need of pediatric providers to provide comprehensive reproductive health to all adolescents they care for. Now, more than ever, pediatric providers are counted on to provide evidence-based, comprehensive reproductive and sexual healthcare to the adolescents and young adults they care for. A pediatrician’s goal is to ensure all children grow to be the healthy, successful, and productive adults they were meant to be. Guiding them through the challenge of adolescence and providing comprehensive reproductive health care can help make that goal a reality.Table of ContentsIntroduction by Elizabeth Alderman, MD, FAAP 1 After “The Talk”: Adolescents’ Perspectives Reveal Need for Improvement in Hospital Sexual Health Care Delivery Original Article Original Publication February 1, 20232 Adolescent and Young Adult Menstrual Poverty: A Barrier to Contraceptive Choice Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice Original Publication January 1, 20233 Geographic Distribution of Clinical Care for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth Original Article Original Publication December 1, 20224 Improving HPV Vaccination Rates in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Pediatric Population Quality Report Original Publication October 1, 20225 Dobbs v. Jackson Decision: It’s Time to Get Uncomfortable Perspectives Original Publication October 1, 20226 Options Counseling for the Pregnant Adolescent Patient Policy Statement Original Publication September 1, 20227 The Adolescent’s Right to Confidential Care When Considering Abortion Policy Statement Original Publication September 1, 20228 Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Trends Among Adolescents: 2015 to 2020 Original Article Original Publication July 1, 20229 Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Specific Issues for Adolescents Clinical Report Original Publication August 1, 202010 Barrier Protection Use by Adolescents During Sexual Activity Technical Report Original Publication August 1, 202011 Emerging Issues in Male Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Clinical Report Original Publication May 1, 202012 Emergency Contraception Policy Statement Original Publication December 1, 2019

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Book SynopsisIVF is a major treatment in infertility when other methods of assisted reproductive technology have failed. The process involves hormonally controlling the ovulatory process, removing ova (eggs) from the woman''s ovaries and letting sperm fertilise them in a fluid medium. This book presents topical research in the study of in vitro fertilisation including management of chronic viral infections in assisted reproduction; posthumous sperm procurement; assisted reproductive technologies for serodiscordant couples with an HIV-1 infection and the impact of laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy for infertile women with endometriomas prior to IVF/ICSI cycles.

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Book SynopsisIn this book the authors present current research in the study of spermatozoa. This compilation focuses on the biology, motility and function and chromosomal abnormalities of spermatozoa. Topics discussed are the epigenetic mechanisms in mammalian male germline; biological characteristics of sperm in two oyster species; sub-cellular dynamics occurring during capacitation of mammalian spermatozoa; new perspectives on the study of prion and prion-like proteins; meiotic segregation studies in spermatozoa of males carrying a structural chromosome abnormality; testicular germ cell apoptosis during orchitis; the influence of leukocytospermia on semen parameters; and spermatozoa motility and morphology.

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Book Synopsis“My work offers a window into the darkest and lightest corners of people’s lives, into the extremes of human experience,” writes Dr. Chavi Eve Karkowsky in High Risk, her timely and unflinching account of working in maternal-fetal medicine—that branch of medicine that concerns high-risk pregnancies. Whether offering insight into the rise in home births, the alarming rise in America’s maternal mortality rate, or the history of involuntary sterilization, Karkowsky offers a window into all that pregnancy, labor, and birth can entail—birth and joy, but also challenge and loss—illustrating the complexity of reproductive life and the systems that surround it. With historical insight and journalistic verve, Karkowsky unpacks what is involved for women, for a family, and for us as a society; and explores what’s at risk when these aspects of medicine remain clouded in mystery and misinformation.Trade Review"Pregnancies don’t always end up happily ever after, even in the skilled hands of a maternal-fetal medicine physician like Karkowsky. . . . [S]he provides a great deal of helpful information, carefully explaining an alphabet soup of acronyms . . . [S]he spells out why some pre-existing conditions in pregnant moms can lead to problems. . . . It’s reassuring to know that maternal deaths are rare and that doctors try so hard to help at-risk moms and their babies meet the odds." -- Karen Springen, Booklist"In addition to graphic accounts of complications, Karkowsky also examines how pregnancy care is evolving—not always for the better.... Karkowsky urges better communication between doctors and nurses and doctors and patients, especially in conveying tragic news. She also makes frequent references to her own experiences as a wife and mother, subject to some of the risks she describes. A solid primer on pregnancy risks as well as a cogent plea for progress to make childbirth even less perilous." -- Kirkus Reviews"As a physician and mother expecting my second child, I found this book to portray pregnancy as the nuanced and poignant experience that it is. A compelling and engaging read." -- Dr. Leana Wen, physician, professor, and former President/CEO of Planned Parenthood"Dr. Karkowsky unflinchingly probes the expectations, precedents, myths, realities, and curveballs of modern pregnancy and delivery. This book is a significant contribution to the discourse about women’s health and medicine today." -- Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, author of When We Do Harm"Profound, gripping, unsparing, and compassionate, High Risk offers a nuanced examination of issues that impact so many of us, from a perspective we almost never get to hear. This is an important book that shines a critical light on the medicine and systems surrounding pregnancy and birth." -- Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, author of Nurture the Wow"What a gift to find a voice like Dr. Karkowsky's in the literary conversation around birth. Her humility, introspection, self-examination, and expertise is precisely what we need from our most highly trained specialists.… A fascinating dispatch from the front lines of high-risk obstetrics." -- Elisa Albert, author of After Birth"Dr. Karkowsky knows her subject from the inside, and shows us, both through her narratives and her wise reflections on them, just why such 'knowledge is powerful and painful and damaging, but it's also powerful and healing and wonderful.'… Every doctor, medical student, and prospective parent should read it." -- Terrence Holt, author of Internal Medicine"An edifying and utterly enthralling meditation on the joys and sorrows of being a doctor at the frontlines of high-risk pregnancies. Dr. Chavi Eve Karkowsky is a clinician who loves what she does, who grapples with tough decisions and who cares deeply about women’s reproductive health…This book should be mandatory reading for any woman who has been pregnant or considering pregnancy and everyone who provides health care to women.”" -- Randi H. Epstein, author of Aroused

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Book SynopsisSpermatogenesis is a tightly regulated cellular renovation and differentiation process. It consists of self-renewal and differentiation of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs), spermatocytic meiosis and spermiogenesis; each of these processes is essential to the continuous, successful production of male gametes. During spermiogenesis, haploid spermatids undergo extensive cellular, molecular and morphological changes, including acrosome biogenesis, flagellum development, cytoplasmic reorganization and chromatin condensation. These changes ultimately result in mature spermatozoa with an acrosome-covered head and motile tail. In this book, Chapter One summarizes the progress that has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying acrosome biogenesis, and the authors discuss the potential directions of future investigations of this process. Chapter Two briefly addresses the basics of spermatogenesis and the synthesis of ncRNAs, and then the authors discuss the recent progress in understanding of the functions of miRNAs, endo-siRNAs, piRNAs and lncRNAs in the regulation of spermatogenesis. Chapter Three provides a review of the current literature on testicular immunoregulation and its underlying mechanisms, along with its effect on testicular functions.

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Book SynopsisGod of Sperm tells the remarkable story of Dr. Cappy Miles Rothman, the son of notorious gangster Norman "Roughhouse" Rothman, who went on to become a trailblazer in the field of reproductive medicine. Rothman started the California Cryobank, one of the world's largest repositories of reproductive genetic material and cord-blood stem cells. Among other achievements, Rothman also pioneered the use of microsurgery in urological procedures, postmortem sperm retrieval techniques, and was one of the first practitioners of andrology, a specialty dealing with male reproductive biology and medicine. How Cappy Rothman went from Mafia scion and man-about-town during the postwar Miami Beach--Havana era of gangster chic to one of the most consequential figures in modern medicine is an epic, only-in-America tale that is also a fine reminder of the broad horizons and wild possibilities life in the U.S. can offer. Trade Review"This is the rare biography of modern medical legend that you won’t want to put down before you finish."—Lee Silver, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University"It was not until I read this autobiography...did I realize his incredible journey, which was fueled by a passion to do what all physicians give oath to do--relieve suffering. The pain, and many times depression of a barren woman, had been greatly underestimated and even neglected."—Roger Hadley, Dean Emeritus, Loma Linda University"From the son of a mobster to the King of Sperm, Cappy Rothman is a larger than life character who forever changed the field of infertility medicine. A quarter million people owe their children to this one man. And Joe Donnelly tells his story perfectly. A great, fun read!"—Steven Kotler, New York Times–bestselling author of The Art of Impossible and The Rise of Superman“Dr. Cappy Rothman’s career is without parallel in modern medicine. Do you know any physician who actually started a brand new medical specialty, has been responsible for bringing a quarter million babies into the world to parents who had been told they were infertile and was a master microsurgeon capable of procedures that solidified an international reputation as a celebrated teacher and role model? This brilliantly written and thoroughly engaging true story would be an incredible read, even if all it dealt with was Rothman’s medical career. But there’s more. Before Rothman ever thought about medical school he spent a lot of time with his dad, “Roughhouse” Rothman, a major Mafia figure who, among many other things, worked with the notorious Meyer Lansky setting up the mob’s operations in Batista’s Cuba! A wild ride of a story that you’ll have a tough time putting down!” —Irwin Redlener, M.D., Columbia University

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Book SynopsisRapidly developing technology also gives direction to our lives in the field of health and medicine. New developments are taking both diagnosis and treatment possibilities to places we could not predict before. The development of tissues and organs in a laboratory environment is one of these developments. This issue, which came to the fore with the introduction of 3D printers into our lives, has now started to mature and experiment in the field of medicine. Using a technology similar to 3D printing that fundamentally changes therapeutic possibilities, bioprinting uses a digital file as a blueprint to produce biomedical parts that closely mimic the properties of natural tissue. Engineered textures are created by layering biomaterials and/or living cells, collectively called bioinks. Transplanting the tissues or organs obtained to the needy patient also prevents possible undesirable situations such as tissue and organ rejection. This book on bioprinting aims to present the basics of bioprinting and its use in major tissues to the reader with the latest developments.

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Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Shortlisted for the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2021 Growing numbers of women around the world are now accessing social egg freezing: a fertility extension technology which is enabling some women to extend their fertility and reproductive timelines when faced with age-related fertility decline. This book explores the accounts and experiences of some of the pioneering users of this technology in the UK and the USA. Drawing on theories and concepts across medical sociology and parenting culture studies, as well as literature from demography, anthropology, law, and bioethics, this book examines women’s motivations and experiences of social egg freezing in the context of debates surrounding reproductive choice and delayed motherhood. The book also delves into the broader sociological questions raised by this technology in relation to the gendered burden of appropriately timed parenthood, the medicalisation of women’s bodies in the reproductive domain and the further entrenchment of the geneticisation of society. It also considers the sexual politics underpinning the timing of parenthood, relationship formation and progression, and the way in which reproductive and parenting ideals, values and expectations can come in to conflict with the biological and relational realities of women’s lives.Trade ReviewBaldwin's book draws from an exploratory sociological research study which explored the accounts of 31 female users of "social egg-freezing". Her cohort was comprised of women who were either about to undergo social egg freezing or had attempted or completed the process. The term "social egg freezing" signals the socially constituted nature of this technology and demonstrates how women's use of egg freezing as a form of fertility extension and genetic conservation was inherently socially situated. She investigates the way in which users of this technology determine and negotiate their mothering desires, which are mediated and constrained not only by wider socio-political and market contexts but also by their intimate encounters with (non)reproductive partners. Baldwin reveals pressures and burdens that reproductive technology can place upon women to draw upon and navigate these technologies in the pursuit of greater reproductive choice and control and in the process of family building. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Contemporary Debates in Social Egg Freezing Chapter 3. Timing Motherhood Chapter 4. Performing Parenthood Chapter 5. Motivations for Social Egg Freezing Chapter 6. The Experience of Freezing Eggs for Social Reasons Chapter 7. Negotiating Parenthood: Men, Intimate Relationships and Childbearing Chapter 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAn account from the frontline of fertility treatment, giving a unique insight into not only the medical and scientific advances involved but the human cost and rewards behind this life-changing technology.Simon Fishel worked with Robert Edwards during his pioneering early IVF research and was part of the team in the world’s first IVF clinic, with all the trials and tribulations that involved at the time, including a writ for murder! As the science developed over the decades so did his career, as he sought to do more for patients and taught the new technologies to doctors all over the world. He came up against regulatory and establishment barriers, including fighting a 3-year legal case in the High Court of Justice and a death threat from a doctor if he refused to work with him. The clinic he founded has grown into the largest IVF group in the UK, developing exciting new procedures, and he has helped establish clinics throughout the world, even being invited to introduce IVF to China.Trade Review"I've enjoyed many medical memoirs, and have read quite a few about the miracle of birth-but these were midwife memoirs. This one starts way before actual births and tells of the growth of IVF treatment. It was a fascinating read. Simon Fishel originally worked with Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe, pioneers in IVF treatment. He later set up an IVF unit in a hospital in Nottingham. You hear of so many couples having IVF treatment now-relatives, friends; so it was interesting to go back to its infancy. There were amazing advances made-whilst at the same time they suffered much opposition to what they were doing. This book is not just about miracle babies, there would be many hurdles and surprising events I didn't envisage too. The book contains photos and news clippings." Julie Haigh"A remarkable and open account of the early years of IVF." Mrs A * Amazon.co.uk *Table of ContentsList of Figures Foreword Special Note 1. Nobody Said It Would Be Easy 2. Bourn Hall: The World’s First IVF Clinic 1980–1985 3. Beginnings 1953–1980 4. Nottingham to Rome and Back 1985–1991 5. The Nurture Years 1991–1997 6. Bankruptcy Looms 1997–2001 7. CARE: The Battle for Miracles Continues 1997–Present 8. The DNA of IVF 9. The Legacy of IVF About the Author . Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisWhat is expected of 21st Century egg and sperm donors, and how does being a donor impact on men and women’s own personal lives and relationships? How do donors navigate connections and relationships created by donation? What do these connections mean to them, and to the people around them –their partners, parents, siblings and children? Donor conception is becoming increasingly widespread and since the new millennium, we have witnessed a dramatic shift in the way that donor conception is regulated and practiced in many jurisdictions around the world. In the past, donor conception has often been a family secret and donors were, almost by definition, anonymous. Now, ‘openness’ is seen as the ideal and donors can expect to be traced or contacted by those born from their donations. But what does this shift mean for donors, and their families? This path-breaking book draws on in-depth interviews with donors, their kin and fertility counsellors, and addresses these questions by analysing how understandings of donation are shaped by the regulatory, cultural and relational contexts in which they are formed. The authors also discuss what donation stories can tell us about contemporary understandings of connectedness, time and morality in the context of reproduction and family life, and consider how reproductive ‘openness’ might be done differently.Trade Review. . . a timely and valuable addition to the existing literature on (donor-)ARTs. It offers unique perspectives and weaves together a coherent narrative in which each part builds on each other. The book will undoubtedly resonate with many scholars and students of the sociology of health and illness interested in donation and social relations. -- Riikka Homanen, Gender Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandTable of ContentsChapter 1. Donation in UK law and policy: Sociological critique and perspectives Chapter 2. Pathways to donation Chapter 3. Making parents and making people: The ambivalent role of ‘good’ donors Chapter 4. The morality of neutrality: The promise and problems of ‘letting others lead’ Chapter 5. A sense of affinity: The donor-recipient connection Chapter 6. Whose story is it? Donors, their families and the relational impact of donating Conclusion. Being an egg or sperm donor in an age of openness Insights for law and policy. Implications of doing ‘openness’ differently Appendix 1. Interview study with donors, donors’ relatives and fertility counsellors Appendix 2. Mapping the law and policy context

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Book SynopsisDeclining global male fertility rates has generated increased attention on male fertility in recent years. Simultaneously, individualised responsibility for health has been growing. Fertility and lifestyle have therefore become seemingly intertwined. Esmée Sinéad Hanna and Brendan Gough examine men’s experiences of fertility and lifestyle practices, exploring personal experiences of the role of lifestyle in the quest for conception as well as the broader promotion of ‘lifestyle’ within both clinical and online material as a key aspect for ‘improving’ male fertility. Through the exploration of male fertility and lifestyle factors and their modification we examine the growth of healthism around infertility, the role of neoliberalism within this and how this intersects with masculinity. Using a new notion of liquid masculinity, we explore the fluid nature of societal and personal perspectives on the male infertility experience. In doing so we offer new insights into the now accepted idea that ‘sperm’ is malleable and that fertility controllable through personal choices, despite their being limited scientific evidence for such claims.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: (In) Fertile bodies Chapter 2. Clinical evidence and guidelines for men experiencing infertility: An umbrella review Chapter 3. Discourses of fertility and lifestyle change for men online Chapter 4. Are men modifying their lifestyles to optimise fertility success? Chapter 5. There’s so much bollocks’: Men navigating lifestyle advice for infertility Chapter 6. Liquid masculinity: The fluid nature of masculinity in the context of male fertility body projects Chapter 7. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisEstablishing the study of multiple pregnancy and the perinatal care of children from multiple births as a recognized specialty within maternal-fetal medicine, the first edition of Multiple Pregnancy was a landmark publication. Fully revised, this new Second Edition has been expanded to include more on epidemiology, biologic mechanisms, the impact of infertility treatments, prenatal diagnosis, and fetal therapy. The book presents all facets of the clinical, psychosocial, and practical issues of multiple gestation and the care of multiplets.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Biology. Epidemiology. Diagnosis and General Considerations. Assessment and Management of Fetal Well-Being. Antepartum Considerations. Postpartum Considerations. Childhood Growth and Development. Parental Concerns. Resources. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book describes the principles and skills of counselling. It provides practical guidelines which show, by example how to communicate effectively, how to offer counselling and support, and how to face and deal with difficult situations. Detailed attention is given to issues such as preparing women for surgery, breaking bad news, and providing information and support before, during and after childbirth.Table of Contents1. Theories and Practices. 2. Experiences of reproductive problems. 3. Counselling. 4. Initial contact. 5. Providing information and support. 6. New perspectives and problem solving. 7. Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisWith contributions from: Eric Blyth, Ken Daniels, Julia Feast, Robert Lee, Nina Martin, Alexina McWhinnie, Derek Morgan, Clare Murray, Sharon Pettle, Claire Potter, Jim Richards and Francoise Shenfield The separation of procreation from conception has broadened notions of parenthood and created novel dilemmas. A woman may carry a foetus derived from gametes neither or only one of which came from her or her partner; or she may carry a foetus created using in vitro fertilisation (IVF) with the purpose of handing it to two other parents one, neither or both of whom may be genetically related to the prospective child. Parents may consist of single-sex couples, only one of them genetically related to the child; the prospective mother may be past her menopause; and genetic parenthood after death is now achievable. In a world increasingly reliant on medical science, how can the argument that equates traditional with natural and novel with unnatural/unethical be justified? Should there be legislation, which is notoriously slow to change, in a field driven by dazzling new possibilities at ever faster rate; particularly when restrictions differ from country to country, so that those who can afford it travel elsewhere for their treatment of choice? Whose rights are paramount - the adults hoping to build a family or the prospective child(ren)s future well being? On what basis can apparently competing rights be regulated or adjudicated and how and to what extent can these be enforced in practice?Table of ContentsContributors. Foreword (Professor Susan Golombok). Introduction. Chapter 1: Assisted human reproduction: contemporary policy and practice in the UK (Eric Blyth, Nina Martin and Claire Potter). Chapter 2: Issues of gamete donation and sex selection: a clinician's view (Francoise Shenfield). Chapter 3: Ethical issues - the major faiths: a personal view (Jim Richards). Chapter 4: Human reproduction and human rights (Derek Morgan and Robert G. Lee). Chapter 5: Donor-assisted conception: what can we learn from adoption? (Julia Feast). Chapter 6: Children raised in assisted human reproduction families: the evidence (Clare Murray). Chapter 7: Disclosure and development: 'taking the bady home was just the beginning' (Alexina M. McWhinnie). Chapter 8: Psychological therapy and counselling with individuals and families afrter donor conception (Sharon A. Pettle). Chapter 9: Policy development in third party reproduction: an international perspective (Ken Daniels). Appendix: Resources. Index.

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Book SynopsisHere are 120 multiple choice questions on family planning and reproductive health care. Each question has been carefully selected to reflect the syllabus of the new Part 1 examination for Membership of the Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare (MFFP). Almost all the questions are accompanied by an extented answer. In this way, as well as providing a useful revision aid for examinations, the book is also educationally stimulating for anyone wishing to improve and test their knowledge of family planning and reproductive healthcare. The questions have been divided in three major sections: Applied Sciences; Contraception; and Reproductive Healthcare. This book will be an ideal training and revision tool for candidates for the professional exams such as the new MFFP as well as the MRCOG and MRCGP. It will also provide a useful aid to anyone who wishes to update their understanding of these important topics in reproductive medicine.Table of ContentsApplied sciences; contraception; reproductive healthcare.

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Book SynopsisSurrogacy is heavily promoted by the stagnating IVF industry which seeks new markets for women over 40, and gay men who believe they have a ‘right’ to their own children and ‘family foundation’. Pro-surrogacy groups in rich countries such as Australia and Western Europe lobby for the shift to commercial surrogacy. Their capitalist neo-liberal argument is that a well-regulated fertility industry would avoid the exploitative practices of poor countries. Central to the project of transnational surrogacy is the ideology that legalised commercial surrogacy is a legitimate means to provide infertile couples and gay men with children who share all or part of their genes. Women, without whose bodies this project is not possible are reduced to incubators, to ovens, to suitcases. And the ‘product child’ is a tradable commodity who has never consented to being a ‘take away baby’: removed from their birth mother and given to strangers aka ‘intended parents’. Still, those in favour of this practice of reproductive slavery speak of ‘Fair Trade International Surrogacy’ and ‘responsible surrogacy’.Trade Review"Renate Klein is a national treasure. Where's her OA medal for services to women? This new book adds to her impressive list of publications in which she fiercely defends women's safety and bodily integrity." Selena Ewing, October 2017In a stimulating article at mercatornet.com Selena Ewing discusses Renate Klein's book. Her article's title is 'The suffering of surrogacy: A veteran feminist spells it out'. Selena Ewing is a freelance researcher and writer with 20 years of experience in researching, writing and speaking about public health, bioethics, and womens health.

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Book SynopsisEach of the 6 units of PROLOG addresses a major area in obstetrics and gynecology and consists of two parts - an assessment book and a critique book. Put your knowledge to the test and earn 25 CME credits for this volume! On completion, users of this unit should be able to: Screen with appropriate diagnostic tests for endocrinology and infertility conditions. Determine the appropriate medical management to address infertility. Understand the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian-uterine axis. Apply concepts of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian-uterine axis when considering medical therapy. Understand the basics of assisted reproductive technology. Counsel women regarding treatment options for primary and secondary amenorrhea and infertility.

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Book SynopsisEach of the 6 units of PROLOG addresses a major area in obstetrics and gynecology and consists of two parts - an assessment book and a critique book. Put your knowledge to the test and earn 14 CME credits for this volume!This edition contains a critique book and an assessment book. The assessment for this edition is available online, and can be purchased at acog.org/prologexam.On completion, users of this unit should be able to: Discuss normal pelvic anatomy and physiology and how alterations in anatomy and physiology contribute to development of pelvic floor disorders. Identify the pathophysiologic and epidemiologic factors that contribute to pelvic floor disorders in women. Associate symptom bother and quality of life impact of different pelvic floor disorders, determine appropriate diagnostic workups, and select accurate diagnoses. Associate pelvic floor symptoms with corresponding signs on examination and testing to ensure accurate diagnoses. Discuss the alternative surgical and nonsurgical treatment options for pelvic floor disorders and identify common complications of therapy. Apply knowledge of anatomy and appropriate surgical techniques in the surgical treatment of pelvic floor disorders.

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Book SynopsisThis volume retains much of the original text from the previous edition, including explanations of forceps devices and techniques. It also provides the latest College guidelines, a chapter on vacuum-assisted deliveries, and information on the current and changing status of forceps deliveries.

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Book SynopsisUNDERSTAND THE BIG ISSUE DIVIDING OUR NATION “Every political fight will eventually be an abortion fight,” stated The Daily Beast in 2017. Gallup polls confirm that abortion rights versus the right to life remains the most contentious debate in American society. Shouldn’t we discard the talking points and examine why it all matters? In SUPREMELY WRONG, Dr. Brent Boles provides an insider’s survey of the issues at stake. From helping his patients left mistreated by the abortion industry, to testifying before state legislators, firsthand accounts from this practicing OB/GYN reveal injustice at large in America. Dr. Boles opens the leading embryology textbooks to show what science says about when life begins. He exposes how the silence of the church and two-faced politicians have contributed to the national loss of nearly one million babies in the womb annually. He even shares transparently of his own pain and regret, which today fuels a life-saving mission. Applying principles of medical ethics to challenge popular pro-choice rhetoric, SUPREMELY WRONG advances the national dialogue on life issues with surprising stories and accessible logic. It’s more than research that resounds with truth. It’s a call to action.

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Book SynopsisThe phenomenon of transnational adoption is changing in the age of globalization and biotechnology. In Legitimating Life, Sonja van Wichelen boldly describes how contemporary justifications of cross-border adoption navigate between child welfare, humanitarianism, family making, capitalism, science, and health. Focusing on contemporary institutional practices of adoption in the United States and the Netherlands, she traces how professionals, bureaucrats, lawyers, politicians, social workers, and experts legitimate a practice that became progressively controversial. Throughout the past few decades transnational adoption transformed from a humanitarian response to a means of making family. In this new manifestation, life becomes necessarily economized. While push and pull factors, demand and supply dynamics, and competition between agencies set the stage for the globalization of adoption, international conventions, scientific knowledge, and the language of human rights universalized the phenomenon. Van Wichelen argues that such technoscientific legitimations of a globalizing practice are rearticulating colonial logics of race and civilization. Yet, she also lets us see beyond the biopolitical project and into alternative ways of making kin. Trade Review“In Legitimating Life, Sonja van Wichelen provides a comprehensive analysis of the transformation of international adoption into a technology of reproduction through the imposition of a legal 'clean break' that decouples the child from its family and community of origin so that it can become a global resource for producing 'as-if-begotten' families in Europe and North America. Legitimating Life makes a compelling case for a new politics of international adoption that opens up a landscape for 'the doing and desiring of kinship otherwise,' even as it secures the right of every child to family life, as mandated by international law.” -- Barbara Yngvesson * author of Belonging in an Adopted World: Race, Identity, and Transnational Adoption *"Van Wichelen offers a captivating and capacious framework for understanding global reproduction and modern family formation. Using ethnographic moments in international adoption as a launch point, she develops a sophisticated critique of the interrelations among humanitarianism, rights, and biomedicalization." -- Sara Dorow * author of Transnational Adoption: A Cultural Economy of Race, Gender, and Kinship *Table of ContentsContents List of figures, tables and images Acknowledgements Introduction: Adoption in the Age of Globalization and Biotechnology The Ethical Market: Between Reproduction and Humanitarianism Double Movements: International Law as Transparency Device Valuing Bodies: Somatic Ethics in the Biomedicalization of Adoption Grievable Lives: The Adoptee and the Child Migrant Economies of Return: Openness, Knowledge, Relations Conclusion: Legitimating Life Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe phenomenon of transnational adoption is changing in the age of globalization and biotechnology. In Legitimating Life, Sonja van Wichelen boldly describes how contemporary justifications of cross-border adoption navigate between child welfare, humanitarianism, family making, capitalism, science, and health. Focusing on contemporary institutional practices of adoption in the United States and the Netherlands, she traces how professionals, bureaucrats, lawyers, politicians, social workers, and experts legitimate a practice that became progressively controversial. Throughout the past few decades transnational adoption transformed from a humanitarian response to a means of making family. In this new manifestation, life becomes necessarily economized. While push and pull factors, demand and supply dynamics, and competition between agencies set the stage for the globalization of adoption, international conventions, scientific knowledge, and the language of human rights universalized the phenomenon. Van Wichelen argues that such technoscientific legitimations of a globalizing practice are rearticulating colonial logics of race and civilization. Yet, she also lets us see beyond the biopolitical project and into alternative ways of making kin. Trade Review“In Legitimating Life, Sonja van Wichelen provides a comprehensive analysis of the transformation of international adoption into a technology of reproduction through the imposition of a legal 'clean break' that decouples the child from its family and community of origin so that it can become a global resource for producing 'as-if-begotten' families in Europe and North America. Legitimating Life makes a compelling case for a new politics of international adoption that opens up a landscape for 'the doing and desiring of kinship otherwise,' even as it secures the right of every child to family life, as mandated by international law.” -- Barbara Yngvesson * author of Belonging in an Adopted World: Race, Identity, and Transnational Adoption *"Van Wichelen offers a captivating and capacious framework for understanding global reproduction and modern family formation. Using ethnographic moments in international adoption as a launch point, she develops a sophisticated critique of the interrelations among humanitarianism, rights, and biomedicalization." -- Sara Dorow * author of Transnational Adoption: A Cultural Economy of Race, Gender, and Kinship *Table of ContentsContents List of figures, tables and images Acknowledgements Introduction: Adoption in the Age of Globalization and Biotechnology The Ethical Market: Between Reproduction and Humanitarianism Double Movements: International Law as Transparency Device Valuing Bodies: Somatic Ethics in the Biomedicalization of Adoption Grievable Lives: The Adoptee and the Child Migrant Economies of Return: Openness, Knowledge, Relations Conclusion: Legitimating Life Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOne out of every six patients in the United States is treated in a Catholic hospital that follows the policies of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. These policies prohibit abortion, sterilization, contraception, some treatments for miscarriage and gender confirmation, and other reproductive care, undermining hard-won patients’ rights to bodily autonomy and informed decision-making. Drawing on rich interviews with patients and providers, this book reveals both how the bishops’ directives operate and how people inside Catholic hospitals navigate the resulting restrictions on medical practice. In doing so, Bishops and Bodies fleshes out a vivid picture of how The Church’s stance on sex, reproduction, and “life” itself manifests in institutions that affect us all.Trade Review"Shortly after the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, horrific stories began to emerge from hospitals across the country. To many, these denials of emergency medical care seemed to be an alarming new consequence of the Supreme Court’s decision. Lori Freedman, however, has documented such stories for well over a decade. We would do well to study her work carefully — including her book Bishops and Bodies: Reproductive Care in American Catholic Hospitals — in this critical moment. * Catholics for Choice *“It’s a recipe for disaster—the Catholic Church wants the most births possible, and most American women want to limit their childbearing and protect their health with modern advances in contraception and abortion. Yet in the name of corporate conscience, our anachronistic laws allow Catholic healthcare to require physicians of all faiths to do things that violate medical ethics and often constitute malpractice. Freedman’s compelling research, rich storytelling, and incisive analysis reveal how outrageous Bishop-knows-best medicine really is.” -- Katie Watson * author of Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law and Politics of Ordinary Abortion *"Bishops and Bodies is poised to make a significant impact not just in social science and medical humanities circles, but in broader public conversations about health care, reproductive rights, and the place of religion in society." -- Jessica Martucci * author of Back to the Breast: Natural Motherhood and Breastfeeding in America *Table of ContentsForeword by Debra Stulberg Prologue: Unsafe and Unequal Introduction: Doctrinal Iatrogenesis 1 Growth: How Catholic Health Care Expanded 2 Inferior: How Catholic Directives Contradict Medical Standards 3 Consumer Medicine? Patients and the Illusion of Choice 4 Emergencies: Patient Loss and Suffering 5 Mostly Above-Board Workarounds 6 Under the Radar Workarounds 7 Separation of Church and Hospital 8 Conclusion Acknowledgements Appendix Notes Index

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Book SynopsisOne out of every six patients in the United States is treated in a Catholic hospital that follows the policies of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. These policies prohibit abortion, sterilization, contraception, some treatments for miscarriage and gender confirmation, and other reproductive care, undermining hard-won patients’ rights to bodily autonomy and informed decision-making. Drawing on rich interviews with patients and providers, this book reveals both how the bishops’ directives operate and how people inside Catholic hospitals navigate the resulting restrictions on medical practice. In doing so, Bishops and Bodies fleshes out a vivid picture of how The Church’s stance on sex, reproduction, and “life” itself manifests in institutions that affect us all.Trade Review"Shortly after the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, horrific stories began to emerge from hospitals across the country. To many, these denials of emergency medical care seemed to be an alarming new consequence of the Supreme Court’s decision. Lori Freedman, however, has documented such stories for well over a decade. We would do well to study her work carefully — including her book Bishops and Bodies: Reproductive Care in American Catholic Hospitals — in this critical moment. * Catholics for Choice *“It’s a recipe for disaster—the Catholic Church wants the most births possible, and most American women want to limit their childbearing and protect their health with modern advances in contraception and abortion. Yet in the name of corporate conscience, our anachronistic laws allow Catholic healthcare to require physicians of all faiths to do things that violate medical ethics and often constitute malpractice. Freedman’s compelling research, rich storytelling, and incisive analysis reveal how outrageous Bishop-knows-best medicine really is.” -- Katie Watson * author of Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law and Politics of Ordinary Abortion *"Bishops and Bodies is poised to make a significant impact not just in social science and medical humanities circles, but in broader public conversations about health care, reproductive rights, and the place of religion in society." -- Jessica Martucci * author of Back to the Breast: Natural Motherhood and Breastfeeding in America *Table of ContentsForeword by Debra Stulberg Prologue: Unsafe and Unequal Introduction: Doctrinal Iatrogenesis 1 Growth: How Catholic Health Care Expanded 2 Inferior: How Catholic Directives Contradict Medical Standards 3 Consumer Medicine? Patients and the Illusion of Choice 4 Emergencies: Patient Loss and Suffering 5 Mostly Above-Board Workarounds 6 Under the Radar Workarounds 7 Separation of Church and Hospital 8 Conclusion Acknowledgements Appendix Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is twofold: to promote an awareness of cultural differences in connection with sexual medicine among health care providers, and to demonstrate how such differences are relevant to the care and treatment of patients with sexual issues. Individual sexuality represents the cumulative effects of biological, psychological, and cultural influences. Yet much of the study of sexuality—including issues ranging from sexual identity to sexual response—has been conducted through a Western lens. Although a substantial body of work in anthropology has taken up the study of human sexuality from a cross-cultural perspective, two points are notable. First, this work seldom crosses the desks of medical and psychological health practitioners, and second, the relevance of specific cultural differences is rarely apparent to the typical sexual health practitioner. To address this situation, this book adopts a global perspective, focusing on how cultural practices and values can impact health care, treatment, and outcomes. In this regard, it covers three broad domains: Sexual Identity and Orientation; Sexual Response and Dysfunction; and Sexual Diversity. Each chapter consists of two parts: a general description of the relevant issues, and a discussion of how these issues can be relevant to clinical practice. The book offers a valuable, practical tool for specialists in sexual medicine and sexual psychology, for sexual healthcare givers, and for sexological researchers who want to better serve their patients by developing an awareness of and sensitivity to cultural differences, and by providing a framework for dealing with issues of sexuality and sexual health that takes cultural values into consideration, while adhering to best practices in patient care.Trade Review“The book has something to teach everyone, from the novice just beginning to understand the cross disciplinary nature of sexual health care to the seasoned sexual health professional looking to enhance their understanding of specific cultures or sub-cultures. As an educational resource tool, the book is worth being read and kept as a resource … . having read it, I look forward to treating my patients more effectively and to the many lively discussions that will be engendered by this work.” (Elisabeth Gordon, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, May 6, 2021)Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction.- Culture and Practice: Identifying the Issues.- Role of Medical Anthropology in Understanding Cultural Differences in Sexuality.- Part 2: Sexual Issues, Identity, and Challenges.- Socio-cultural perspectives, challenges, and approaches to sexual health in the Indian subcontinent.- Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexuality from a Cross-Cultural Perspective.- Transcultural Homo- and Trans-Phobia.- Impact of Chinese Traditional Culture on Sexuality.- Sexual Fluidity Behind Culture.- Part 3: Dealing with Sexual Issues.- Middle East Cultural Challenges and the Treatment of Sexual Problems in Men.- Central Asian Challenges in Sexual Issues.- Western, Asian, and Middle Eastern societies’ cultural attitudes and barriers impacting the management of sexual health care.- Latin American and Latina/Latino Issues in Sexual Health.- Cultural Issues Impacting the Acceptance of Psychosexual Therapy.- Normal or normative? Italian medical experts' discourses on sexual ageing in the Viagra era.- Part 4: Sexual Differences and Cultural Variation.- Pleasure, Orgasm, and Sexual Mutilations in Different Cultural Settings.- Disposition and Treatment of Paraphilia in Non-Western Cultures.- Disability and Sexuality.- Sexual Surgery through the Ages, in Varying Cultures.- Pornography Use: What Do Cross-Cultural Patterns Tell Us?.- Cross Cultural Research: Opportunities and Strategies for Discovery.

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