Beyond Second Opinions: Making Choices About Fertility Treatment. (Media Reviews).Judith Steinberg Turiel; University of California Press "UC Press" redirects here, but this is also an abbreviation for University of Chicago Press University of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. ; 1998; 510-642-4701; $45,00 hardcover, $16,95 softcover soft·cov·er adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. Having experienced secondary infertility infertility, inability to conceive or carry a child to delivery. The term is usually limited to situations where the couple has had intercourse regularly for one year without using birth control. personally and now supporting my two sisters--both emotionally and educationally--through primary infertility, I found this book enlightening en·light·en tr.v. en·light·ened, en·light·en·ing, en·light·ens 1. To give spiritual or intellectual insight to: and very thorough. Turiel looks past the warm, fuzzy fuzz·y adj. fuzz·i·er, fuzz·i·est 1. Covered with fuzz. 2. Of or resembling fuzz. 3. Not clear; indistinct: a fuzzy recollection of past events. 4. dreams that many hopeful couples have and that doctors often paint for their patients as they enter fertility treatments. Being a DES baby herself, Turiel takes a hard look at fertility medicine and interventions and brings to light the risks, errors, and distortions surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. the fast-paced and ever-changing face of fertility treatments. She then seamlessly brings the reader through the difficult choices and decisions patients face. She outlines true informed consent and defines a well-working partnership between a doctor and patient. Beyond Second Opinions is not a how-to book on various fertility problems and treatment procedures. It looks at the broader implications of how fertility medicine is practiced today. Turiel does go into some detail on well-known diagnoses and procedures, which she uses to illustrate the characteristic patterns of fertility medicine. I found this book a perfect accompaniment to my well-read Taking Charge of Your Fertility (1995, Toni Weschler, MPH) to learn about fertility and the issues faced when women enter into fertility treatments. I highly recommend this book to anyone working with women who have dealt with infertility or who face infertility personally. Beyond Second Opinions provides a balanced and real look at the issues surrounding this difficult issue. |
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