Fertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) (eBook)

Theory, Research, Policy and Practice for Health Care Practitioners

Eleanor L. Stevenson, Patricia Hershberger (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
392 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-8261-7254-9 (ISBN)

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Delivers current knowledge from global experts at the forefront of fertility and ART healthcare The first publication of its kind, this book on fertility and assisted reproductive technology (ART) is a globally focused, authoritative guide to state-of-the-art information about modern fertility and ART healthcare. Written for clinicians, public health officials, women s health experts, scientists, students, scholars, and other interested individuals, the book encompasses theoretical, research, policy, and clinical practice aspects of fertility and ART healthcare. The book features the diverse contributions of multidisciplinary researchers, scholars, and clinicians from eight countries who explore contemporary health care perspectives regarding individuals and families dealing with infertility and fertility challenges including such advanced technologies as in-vitro fertilization, intrauterine insemination, and oocyte preservation. The book addresses theoretical underpinnings of fertility and ART healthcare including new ways of conceptualizing research and theoretical concepts. Practical aspects involved with administering and treating the many women and men whose lives are affected by fertility challenges are illuminated. Complex policy concerns resulting from the rapid advances in fertility and ART are considered. The health care needs of those seeking fertility evaluation and treatment including access to care locally and globally are examined in depth. The book also includes discussions about novel approaches and emerging populations in fertility and ART healthcare that expand the scope of care. Thought-provoking case examples from contemporary care practices will help the reader to synthesize information. Key Features: Delivers thought provoking ART research and practice issues for health care clinicians, scholars, and scientists Synthesizes evolving theory, research, clinical practice, and public policy concerns Addresses complex considerations within the practice and delivery of fertility and ART services Written by international thought leaders and emerging scholars on the forefront of ART technologies and other issues Includes case study exemplars to stimulate critical thinking and transform discussion about modern fertility and ART care

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CONTENTS

Contributors

Foreword
Susan Seenan, HND

Foreword
Marcia C. Inhorn, PhD, MPH

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I: THEORY: ENGAGING THEORIES AND CONCEPTUAL CONCEPTS IN ART

1. A Template for a Comprehensive Theory of Infertility: A Roy Adaptation Model Perspective


Jacqueline Fawcett

2. Shifting Family Structure: Theoretical Perspectives of Worldwide Population and Family Composition


Jennie M. Wagner

3. A Theoretical Approach to Multidimensional Stress Experienced During Pregnancy by Women Who Conceive Via In Vitro Fertilization


Eleanor L. Stevenson and Kristina Cobb

4. Examining the Unit of Analysis in Assisted Reproduction: Conceptual Insights Into Individual, Couple, and Family Research in Education and Counseling


Patricia E. Hershberger and Sooyoung Yeom

5. Exemplar: Using an Egg Donor: Insights Into an Infertile Woman’s Experience


Patricia E. Hershberger

PART II: RESEARCH AND REVIEWS: DELINEATING THE STATE OF THE SCIENCE IN ART

6. Psychological Stress and Fertility


Angela K. Lawson

7. The Illusion of Normal Fertility: Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy and Birth After Oocyte Donation


Astrid Indekeu and Ken Daniels

8. Individual and Family Outcomes of First-Time Parents Older Than 40 Years: Implications of Later-Life Parenting


Julia T. Woodward and Katherine E. MacDuffie

9. Understanding the Impact of Delayed Parenting: Gender, Paid Work, and Work–Family Strategies


Tiffany Romain and Robert D. Nachtigall

10. Young Women’s Reasons Regarding Whether to Undergo Fertility Preservation Treatment When Facing a Cancer Diagnosis: A Literature Review


Patricia E. Hershberger

11. Accommodating Assisted Reproductive Technologies to Rabbinic Law


Tsipy Ivry

12. “If Some Is Good, More Must Be Better”: Diverging Goals Between Patient and Provider About Multifetal Pregnancies in ART


Alexandra Cooper, Kathryn E. Flynn, and Elizabeth A. Duthie

13. Exemplar: Medically High-Risk Conditions Necessitating Utilization of a Gestational Carrier


Eleanor L. Stevenson

PART III: POLICY: EXPLORING ACCESS AND CHALLENGES IN ART

14. Challenges to Infertility Advocacy in the United States: Defining Infertility and Barriers to Access to Care


Barbara Collura and Eleanor L. Stevenson

15. Utilization of ART Services in Developed Countries and Impact on Cross-Border Reproductive Care


Eleanor L. Stevenson and Jamie Kanehl

16. Utilization of Fertility Care in Developing Countries: Challenges in Family Building Around the Globe


Nathalie Dhont and Willem Ombelet

17. Emerging “Cost-Effective” Treatments Including Low-Cost IVF


Willem Ombelet and Nathalie Dhont

18. Defining Infertility: Global Views on Timing of IVF and the Ability to Access Care


Irma Scholten and Ben W. Mol

19. Changing Times: How Is Same-Sex Relationship Equality Impacting the Fertility Care Landscape?


Bethany G. Everett, Oluwatitofunmi O. Apatira, and Katharine McCabe

20. Exemplar: A Genetically At-Risk Couple Considers the Use of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in the United States


Patricia E. Hershberger

PART IV: PRACTICE: IMPROVING THE DELIVERY OF CARE IN THE ART SETTING

21. Assisted Reproductive Technology Treatment Options for Couples With Fertility Issues


Eleanor L. Stevenson

22. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Reproductive and Psychological Implications


Osama S. Abdalmageed, Jennifer L. Eaton, and William W. Hurd

23. Team Communication: Critical in the Care of the Couple With Fertility Challenges


Jamie Leonard and Eleanor L. Stevenson

24. Focusing on Nursing: Emerging Specialty Practice in the United Kingdom


Eilis Moody

25. Men and Infertility: Their Experience With Challenges in Family Formation


Kevin McEleny

26. Exemplar: An Adolescent Seeking Fertility Treatment


Anne Derouin

Epilogue: Family Formation—What Is Ahead?


Eleanor L. Stevenson and Patricia E. Hershberger

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.1.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Hebamme / Entbindungspfleger
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Fachpflege
• Schlagworte: ART • Assisted Reproductive Technology • Childlessness • clinical practice • Family planning • Infertility • intrauterine Insemination • In-Vitro Fertilization • IVF • Oocyte cryopreservation • ovarian stimulation protocols • public health officials • Stress • women's health experts
• ISBN-10: 0-8261-7254-7 / 0826172547
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8261-7254-9 / 9780826172549