Reproductive Medicine

Reproductive technology is typically discussed in the future tense. Yet doctors have always treated involuntary childlessness. This book looks at t...

For counselor Nancy Wainer Cohen, this book is the sibling to Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (Bergin & Garv...

Chronicling astonishing shifts in public attitudes toward reproduction, from the association of barrenness with sin in colonial times, to the creat...

A provocative examination of how unequal access to reproductive technology replays the sins of the eugenics movement Eugenics, the effort to improv...

Advances in reproductive and perinatal medicine have given rise to difficult ethical issues. Do all women have the right to choose whether to repro...

Since the late nineteenth century, medicine has sought to foster the birth of healthy children by attending to the bodies of pregnant women, throug...

With the emergence of fertility declines in the greater part of the developing world, study of the phenomenon has increased profoundly over the las...

An exploration of the policy dilemmas with new fertility control techniques, this volume offers the first comprehensive treatment of the subject's ...

No single area of medicine promises more acrimonious and intense debate in the coming decades than the implications of new medical technologies on ...

Beyond Second Opinions is both an exposé of the risks, errors, and distortions surrounding fertility medicine and an authoritative guide for people...

This important new book presents a comprehensive integration of psychoanalytic theories of human development from Freud to the present, showing the...

Infertility affects about five million individuals of childbearing age in the United States, yet infertility is a subject about which many people a...

This book will serve as a scientifically accurate yet easy-to-read introduction to birth control for teens and young adults. The information, guida...

In dealing with recent advances in biological engineering and human reproduction, we are confronted with legal, ethical, and religious questions fo...

This text, by a director of university counselling, examines the interplay of forces shaping the development of masculinity. It is particularly imp...

The editor of this volume takes on the challenging task of presenting an encompassing view of childbirth in America from an anthropological perspec...

It is the book for every woman who hopes for VBAC. In fact, many first-time cesareans could be avoided if this book were read first. It is thorough...

For counselor Nancy Wainer Cohen, this book is the sibling to Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (Bergin & Garv...

The bible of cesarean prevention. Wall Street Journal A landmark event, which will change the course of obstetric care by giving parents the inform...

Brantlinger discusses the current medical and legal trends in sterilization with special emphasis on people with disabilities. She explores the iss...

How the fear of malpractice affects mothers and reproductive choices Giving birth is a monumental event, not only in the personal life of the woman...

Provides fresh perspectives on the past, present and future-facing contributions of the anthropology of reproduction. A Companion to the Anthropol...

'I believe it is an ethical imperative for all clinicians who treat women in menopause or women with breast cancer to alert their patients to this ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 HEALTH AND WELLBEING AWARDS - BEST WELLBEING BOOK 'Procrastinating? People-pleasing? Feeling overwhelmed? Then this is th...

The comprehensive and authoritative guide to clinical reproductive science The field of clinical reproductive science continues to evolve; this imp...

The leading family planning reference for over 30 years with more than 2 million copies in print. Contraceptive Technology is a one stop, person-c...