Hot Topics in Human Reproduction: Ethics, Law and Society (1st ed. 2023) (Reproductive Medicine for Clinicians #3)

By: Joseph G. Schenker and Martin H. Birkhaeuser and Andrea R. Genazzani and Liselotte Mettler and John J. Sciarra

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Synopsis: This new volume in the Reproductive Medicine for Clinicians series of the International Academy of Human Reproduction (IAHR) focuses on current hot topics in the field, their ethical and legal aspects and their impact on society.It covers topics such as Covid-19, religious and philosophical controversies, possibilities that new technologies offer, human reproductive cloning problems, future challenges related to the heritable gene editing, therapeutic use of stem cells and stem cell factors and the role of receptors in steroids hormone action.This volume also offers an analysis of important innovations and new possibilities such as the use of artificial intelligence in reproductive medicine and the future of prenatal testing. The volume also discusses the issues of pregnancies in advanced paternal age, ethical and legal aspects of gametes donation, sex preselection, surrogate motherhood and infertility in overweight or obese PCOS patients. Chapters on the ethical and legal aspects of fertility preservation in woman, in children with cancer, and in patients sparing treatments in gynecological oncology are also included. This new volume in the series is a valuable resource for gynecologists, obstetricians, endocrinologists, general practitioners and all specialists dealing with reproductive health.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031249037
Related ISBNs:: 9783031249020
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 04/16/23
Copyrighted By:: The International Academy of Human Reproduction
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine, Philosophy, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Joseph G. Schenker
Edited by:: Martin H. Birkhaeuser
Edited by:: Andrea R. Genazzani
Edited by:: Liselotte Mettler
Edited by:: John J. Sciarra