Infertility in the modern world : present and future prospects /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Biosocial Society symposium series ; 12 Biosocial Society symposium series ; 12. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11126761 |
| Summary: | As we enter the twenty-first century, a number of medical, environmental and social changes have profoundly affected human reproduction. This book discusses some of the more dramatic changes in an accessible manner, illustrating the ways in which human biology and culture can affect fertility and providing a unique interdisciplinary perspective on the subject. Topics include medical technologies that equip us with potential cures for many causes of infertility; diseases such as AIDS that have a devastating impact on the reproductive and social lives of humans, particularly in areas with limited access to medical care; increasing industrialisation and the development of fabricated materials that pollute our environment in unforeseen ways with possibly devastating effects on human health and fertility; and, finally, social revolutions that profoundly alter human relationships, such as non-marital unions between heterosexual couples, same-sex relationships, adoption and surrogacy which are becoming increasingly common. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 051115514X 9780511155147 9786610420452 6610420459 0511175051 9780511175053 0511040407 9780511040405 0511328648 9780511328640 9780511613036 0511613032 9780521643641 0521643643 0521643872 9780521643870 1107116643 9781107116641 1280420456 9781280420450 0511051948 9780511051944 |