Infertility in the Modern World
Subtitle: Present and Future Prospects (Biosocial Society Symposium Series)
Contributors: Gillian R. Bentley (Editor); C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521643641
Subjects: Human biology; Infertility & fertilization; Medical; Human Fertility; Internal Medicine (Specific Aspects); Medical / Nursing; Sociology - General; Social aspects; Reproductive Medicine & Technology; Science / Biology; Fertility, Human; Diseases - Genitourinary & STDs; Infertility
First sentence: This book illustrates the ways in which human biology and culture can affect fertility and outlines some of the modern technologies that, at least in the Western world, can alleviate the physiological problems associated with infertility.