Oncofertility : ethical, legal, social, and medical perspectives /

Oncofertility : ethical, legal, social, and medical perspectives /

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Imprint:New York : Springer, c2010.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 519 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Language:English
Series:Cancer treatment and research, 0927-3042 ; v. 156
Cancer treatment and research ; v. 156.
Subject:
Fertility, Human.
Cancer -- Treatment -- Complications.
Infertility.
Cancer -- Patients.
Fertility -- Effect of drugs on.
Cancer -- Patients.
Cancer -- Treatment -- Complications.
Fertility -- Effect of drugs on.
Fertility, Human.
Infertility.
Infertility, Female -- etiology.
Infertility, Male -- etiology.
Bioethical Issues.
Biomedical Technology -- legislation & jurisprudence.
Neoplasms -- complications.
Religion and Medicine.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8895140
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Other authors / contributors:Woodruff, Teresa K., 1963-
ISBN:9781441965189
1441965181
9781441965172
1441965173
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Oncofertility has emerged as a way to address potential lost or impaired fertility in cancer patients and survivors, with active biomedical research that is developing new ways to help these individuals preserve their ability to have biological children. In order to move beyond oncofertility as a science and medical technology and begin to address the ethical, legal, and social ramifications of this emerging field, we must give voice to scholars from the humanities and social sciences to engage in a multidisciplinary discussion. This book brings together a pool of experts from a variety of fie.
Other form:Print version: Oncofertility. New York : Springer, c2010 9781441965172

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