Overview
- Authors:
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Ann A. Kiessling
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Harvard Medical School, USA
Faulkner Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Faulkner Hospital, Boston, USA
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Susan R. Levin
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Faulkner Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Faulkner Hospital, Boston, USA
The Boston Psychoanalytic Society, USA
- Editors:
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Machelle M. Seibel
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Harvard Medical School, USA
Faulkner Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Faulkner Hospital, Boston, USA
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Judith Bernstein
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Faulkner Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Faulkner Hospital, Boston, USA
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Table of contents (45 chapters)
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A Historical Perspective of Obstetrics and Gynecology: A Backdrop for Reproductive Technology
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- Bruce Cohen, Machelle M. Seibel
Pages 1-9
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Medical Evaluation and Treatment of the Infertile Couple
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Radiologic Advances
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- Charlotte J. Richards, Mark L. Fallick, Machelle M. Seibel
Pages 91-98
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- Andrew M. Singer, David H. Porter
Pages 99-107
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Cellular and Molecular Advances
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- R. A. Godke, E. G. Blakewood, J. K. Thibodeaux
Pages 135-164
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Nonsurgical Advances in Infertility
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About this book
Medicine is changing at a speed never witnessed before in history. With each passing year, medical technology achieves the capacity to provide cures and improve treatments that even a short time before were difficult to con ceptualize and impossible to provide. Reproductive technology personifies this concept perhaps better than any other field of medicine. The 1990s have seen an explosion in endoscopic and ambulatory procedures, the application of molecular biology to clinical conditions, and the refinement of assisted reproduction to allow third parties (donors and surrogates) into the process of family building. More than ever before, comprehensive medical care requires a team approach. However, the team comprises not only medical and scientific personnel, but also mental health professionals, lawyers, and ethicists. This integrated and multidisciplinary approach to medical care will become even more necessary as medical capabilities continue to develop faster than society can respond. This book reflects such an approach. It is based on a Harvard Postgraduate Course in June 1990 entitled Infertility in the 1990s: Technological Advances and Their Psychosocial Implications that was sponsored by the Faulkner Centre for Reproductive Medicine. The first half of the course was directed by Drs. M. Seibel, A. Kiessling, and C. Richards. The second half of the course was directed by Dr. M. Seibel, J. Bernstein, R. N. and S. Levin, LICSW.
Authors, Editors and Affiliations
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Harvard Medical School, USA
Machelle M. Seibel,
Ann A. Kiessling
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Faulkner Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Faulkner Hospital, Boston, USA
Machelle M. Seibel,
Judith Bernstein,
Ann A. Kiessling,
Susan R. Levin
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The Boston Psychoanalytic Society, USA
Susan R. Levin