Beyond Second Opinions: Making Choices about Fertility TreatmentBeyond Second Opinions is both an exposé of the risks, errors, and distortions surrounding fertility medicine and an authoritative guide for people seeking treatment. Accessible, comprehensive, and extremely well-informed, this book takes the reader beyond hype to the hard data on diagnoses and treatments. Judith Steinberg Turiel, a consumer health activist and herself a veteran of fertility treatments, uses the most up-to-date medical literature to shed new light on difficult decisions patients face today and on reproductive questions society must begin to address now. Those who are seeking a more balanced perspective to help them make better, more informed decisions will find a wealth of information about current reproductive interventions—from simple fertility pills to dazzling experimental options—as well as a discussion of the non-medical forces (economic and political) that shape an individual's treatment choices and reproductive outcomes. Despite quantities of information showered upon patients, they remain woefully misinformed; some fertility treatments may actually reduce chances for a successful pregnancy and threaten a patient's health. Turiel looks beyond surface claims to the real information, often uncovering counterintuitive findings and sometimes scandalous revelations. She exposes a realm of unregulated expansion, unscientific experimentation, and recent scandal over stolen embryos. Weaving together first-hand accounts, compelling stories, a range of scientific information, and lively anecdotes, Turiel addresses the persistent gulfs that separate medical professionals and health care consumers. In the process she arms laypeople with what they might not learn about infertility practices from doctors, patient education brochures, and the newspaper. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1998. |
Contents
What Informed Patients | 17 |
Fertility Medicines Older Woman | 117 |
How Is Consent Informed? | 184 |
Work Enough for All | 222 |
Finding What You Need | 260 |
Useful References and Resources | 301 |
Finding and Using the Medical Literature | 308 |
Elements of Informed Consent | 314 |
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Beyond Second Opinions: Making Choices about Fertility Treatment Judith Steinberg Turiel Limited preview - 1998 |
Beyond Second Opinions: Making Choices about Fertility Treatment Judith Steinberg Turiel Limited preview - 2023 |
Beyond Second Opinions: Making Choices about Fertility Treatment Judith Steinberg Turiel Limited preview - 2022 |
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