Overview
Only book available exclusively examining risk in assisted conception
Authors are leading authorities in their respective field and will not only follow evidence-based medicine principles, but will provide their own opinions on controversial and new areas
Provides an essential resource for all clinical staff involved in fertility treatment looking to reduce risk associated with their work?
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
In the last 15 years, fertility treatment has become mainstream medical practice. With this evolution has come a change in focus from effectiveness (‘success rates’) to safety, patient acceptability and ethical questions. It is recognized that effectiveness also depends crucially on safety and good risk management. The purpose of this book is to address this wider change in focus.
Reducing Risk in Fertility Treatment examines risk in assisted conception, covering a wide range of topics and areas. ‘Risk’ refers to situations in which an outcome of value to people is uncertain. Specifically for the purpose of this book, ‘Risk’ means situations where patients or professionals or society as a whole is at risk of an adverse outcome in relation to fertility treatment. It therefore encompasses clinical complications, risks inherent in laboratory practice, reputational and business risks to clinics and ethical risks to society as a whole.
It will be an essential resource for all clinic staff to consult in reducing the risk associated with their work. It will provide practical resources such as ‘how to’ guides, but also a theoretical discussion of uncertainty where this exists. The book is primarily directed to practitioners in the area of fertility treatment, namely clinicians, embryologists, nurses, counsellors and administrators. However, it is likely also to be relevant to policy-makers, commissioners of health services, researchers in this field and biomedical ethicists.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reducing Risk in Fertility Treatment
Editors: Raj Mathur
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5257-6
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-5256-9Published: 26 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-7248-2Published: 26 June 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-5257-6Published: 11 March 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 115
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Reproductive Medicine, Gynecology
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals