Oncofertility Ethical, Legal, Social, and Medical Perspectives

Oncofertility has emerged as a way to address potential lost or impaired fertility in those with a history of cancer. Active biomedical research is developing new ways to help those afflicted with cancer to preserve their ability to have biological children. Oncofertility: Ethical, Legal, Social, an...

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Other Authors: Woodruff, Teresa K. (Editor), Zoloth, Laurie (Editor), Campo-Engelstein, Lisa (Editor), Rodriguez, Sarah (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2010, 2010
Edition:1st ed. 2010
Series:Cancer Treatment and Research
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Oncofertility Saturday Academy: A Paradigm to Expand the Educational Opportunities and Ambitions of High School Girls
  • MyOncofertility.org: A Web-Based Patient Education Resource Supporting Decision Making Under Severe Emotional and Cognitive Overload
  • Anticipating Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation in the Health-Care Marketplace: A Willingness to Pay Assessment
  • Perspectives on Oncofertility from Demography and Economics
  • For the Sake of Consistency and Fairness: Why Insurance Companies Should Cover Fertility Preservation Treatment for Iatrogenic Infertility
  • Repercussions of Oncofertility for Patients and their Families
  • Healthcare Provider Perspectives on Fertility Preservation for Cancer Patients
  • Counseling and Consenting Women with Cancer on Their Oncofertility Options: A Clinical Perspective
  • The Fertility-Related Treatment Choices of Cancer Patients: Cancer-Related Infertility and Family Dynamics
  • Whose Future Is It? Ethical Family Decision Making About Daughters’ Treatment in the Oncofertility Context
  • Choosing Life When Facing Death: Understanding Fertility Preservation Decision-Making for Cancer Patients
  • Health Care Provider Stories and Final Thoughts
  • Discussing Fertility Preservation with Breast Cancer Patients
  • Warning: Google Can Be Hazardous to Your Health: Fertility Preservation Is an Important Part of Cancer Care
  • The Role of a Patient Navigator in Fertility Preservation
  • Judaism and Reproductive Technology
  • Reading Between the Lines of Cancer and Fertility: A Provider’s Story
  • A Rewarding Experience for a Pediatric Urologist
  • Final Thoughts
  • The Science and Technology of Oncofertility
  • Reproductive Health After Cancer
  • Designing Follicle–Environment Interactions with Biomaterials
  • Gamete Preservation
  • To Transplant or Not to Transplant – That Is the Question
  • Clinical Cases in Oncofertility
  • Cancer Genetics: Risks and Mechanisms of Cancer in Women with Inherited Susceptibility to Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
  • Protecting and Extending Fertility for Females of Wild and Endangered Mammals
  • Historical and Legal Perspectives
  • Placing the History of Oncofertility
  • Medical Hope, Legal Pitfalls: Potential Legal Issues in the Emerging Field of Oncofertility
  • Domestic and International Surrogacy Laws: Implications for Cancer Survivors
  • Adoption After Cancer: Adoption Agency Attitudes and Perspectives on the Potential to Parent Post-Cancer
  • Clinical and Theoretical Ethics
  • Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation and Bioethical Discourse
  • The Lessons of Oncofertility for Assisted Reproduction
  • Morally Justifying Oncofertility Research
  • Ethical Dilemmas in Oncofertility: An Exploration of Three Clinical Scenarios
  • Participation in Investigational Fertility Preservation Research: A Feminist Research Ethics Approach
  • Reproductive ‘Choice’ and Egg Freezing
  • The Impact of Infertility: Why ART Should Be a Higher Priority for Women in the Global South
  • Oncofertility and Informed Consent: Addressing Beliefs, Values, and Future Decision Making
  • Religious Perspectives
  • Bioethics and Oncofertility: Arguments and Insights from Religious Traditions
  • Sacred Bodies: Considering Resistance to Oncofertility in Muslim Communities
  • Unlikely Motherhood in the Qur’?n: Oncofertility as Devotion
  • Technology and Wholeness: Oncofertility and Catholic Tradition
  • Jewish Perspectives on Oncofertility: The Complexitiesof Tradition
  • Ramifications for Education and Economics