In vitro fertilization
By: Steve Parker
Series: Cutting edge medicine; Cutting edge medicine
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780749669706
Subjects: Human Fertilization in vitro; Juvenile literature; Moral and ethical aspects; Social aspects; Test tube babies; Reproduction
Description: This book examines in vitro fertilization, the process in which a woman's egg is joined with a man's sperm outside the body to create a baby and also discusses the latest applications of IVF.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is In Vitro Fertilization?; title: Pioneers of IVF; title: When and how is IVF done; title: Family matters; title: Success, risk and failure; title: Applications of IVF; title: Money, control and the law; title: IVF and the future.