With the changing climate surrounding infertility services, we may soon find that infertility counseling is mandated by law or recommended by practice guidelines. Therefore, clinicians urgently need a comprehensive reference on infertility counseling. This softcover edition of Burns and Covington's comprehensive handbook was developed especially for physicians and mental health professionals. It represents a new kind of clinical textbook, necessitated by today's rapidly advancing reproductive technologies and by the complexity of issues facing infertile couples. The book contains nine multi-chapter sections that cover the psychological and medical aspects of infertility, assessment, treatment, counseling, third-party reproduction, alternative family building, post-infertility counseling, and the professional practice of infertility counseling. The editors and contributors all have extensive clinical, research, and educational experience in reproductive medicine and the psychological aspects of infertility.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Reproductive medicine specialists; obstetricians and gynecologists; mental health professionals; health science bookstores; medical libraries.
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9 s/w Abbildungen
9 Illustrations, black and white
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978-1-84214-065-9 (9781842140659)
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Main Sections: Overview. Assessment. Treatment modalities. Medical counseling issues. Special populations. Third-party reproduction. Alternative family building. Postinfertility counseling issues. Infertility counseling in practice. Appendix. Resource listing. Glossary. Index.
