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This book is based on the RCOG Study Group findings on reproductive ageing.
Rapid Paediatrics and Child Health This pocket guide is an ideal resource in everyday paediatricsand child health practice and a must for all medical studentspreparing for a major exam. Rapid Paediatrics and Child Health is the latest title inthe new Rapid series and is the ideal companion for clinicalstudents working on their paediatrics attachment. It provides quickaccess to information on common paediatric and child healthdiseases, defects and disorders, and problems encountered on thewards, in the clinic and in exams. Arranged in A-Z format, each topic is covered using the sameheadings – Definition, Aetiology. Associations / RiskFactors, Epidemiology, History, Examinations, Pathology,Investigations, Management, Complications and Prognosis. A-Z format for easy and rapid access to information Strict organisation of facts on each page following the Rapidseries mnemonic with one page for each condition Handy pocketbook for quick reference Written by students and junior doctors
Oocyte cryopreservation entails important potential advantages for humanIVF, offering a less ethically disputable alternative to embryo cryopreservation,simplifying and making safer oocyte donation, and giving an opportunity forfertility preservation to women at risk of premature ovarian failure as an effectof genetic factors or chemo- or radiother
This book examines the clinical and laboratory complications and impacts of assisted reproductive technology from patient preparation to birth.
This book offers a comprehensive roadmap for determining when and how to regulate risky reproductive technologies on behalf of future children. First, it provides three benchmarks for determining whether a reproductive practice is harmful to the children it produces. This framework synthesizes and extends past efforts to make sense of our intuitive, but paradoxical, belief that reproductive choices can be both life-giving and harmful. Next, it recommends a process for reconciling the interests of future children with the reproductive liberty of prospective parents. The author rejects a blanket preference for either parental autonomy or child welfare and proposes instead a case-by-case inquir...
Are you or your partner having trouble conceiving? You’re not alone. About 10–12 percent of Indians have infertility problems and this trend is increasing. Yet there is a stigma around infertility and many couples find it hard to talk openly about their problems or to get adequate information. Now Dr Firuza R. Parikh, India’s top fertility specialist and gynaecologist, gives you the seminal guide to infertility and its treatments. Simple, accessible, and completely authoritative, The Complete Guide to Becoming Pregnant tells you all that you need to know about conceiving a healthy child.
When a couple faces infertility, the intense suffering can be hard to bear–and to convey to others. In When Expecting Doesn’t Happen, Dr. Marie Meaney offers hope and encouragement to couples and advice for those who wish to support them. With firsthand knowledge, Meaney helps couples navigate the experience of infertility and unpacks Catholic teaching on reproductive technologies. Outlining which licit approaches can be taken and the “dead ends” offered by reproductive technologies which undermine the dignity of the couple and their potential children, When Expecting Doesn’t Happen contains both practical and spiritual wisdom to guide couples toward deep peace and authentic fulfillment.
This book draws together for the first time some of the most important international policy practice and research relating to education in out-of-home care. It addresses the knowledge gap around how good learning experiences can enrich and add enjoyment to the lives of children and young people as they grow and develop. Through its ecological-development lens it focuses sharply on the experience of learning from early childhood to tertiary education. It offers empirical insights and best practices examples of learning and caregiving contexts with children and young people in formal learning settings, at home and in the community. This book is highly relevant for education and training programs in pedagogy, psychology, social work, youth work, residential care, foster care and kinship care along with early childhood, primary, secondary and tertiary education courses.
In the last decade alone, advances in assisted reproduction have increased dramatically. The miracle of babies born through in vitro fertilization no longer seems so miraculous. However, information about the continued emotional and physical development of IVF children is hard to find, and once found, can be difficult to interpret. IVF Children: The First Generation: Assisted Reproduction and Child Development comprehensively reviews the current knowledge about the physical and mental outcomes of children conceived through IVF techniques. The author examines all of the studies relevant to the development and well being of IVF children and discusses the results and implications of these studi...