In Search of Parenthood: Coping with Infertility and High-Tech Conception: Revised and Updated

Lasker, Judith N. ; Borg, Susan

ISBN 10: 1566392586 / ISBN 13: 9781566392587

Published by Temple, 1994

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Hardcover in Very Good condition w/o DJ. 216pp.

Seller Inventory # UPLINE047116

Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Search of Parenthood: Coping with Infertility and High-Tech Conception: Revised and Updated
• Publisher: Temple
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566392586
• ISBN 13: 9781566392587
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st this ed.
• Condition: Used: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Family/Relationships

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Synopsis

This revised and updated edition provides an accessible discussion of how new reproductive technologies work and how well they work. Includes gripping personal and professional accounts from infertility specialists and would-be parents who have used in vitro fertilization, donor insemination, surrogacy, and other technologies. Would-be parents speak candidly about the difficult process repeated office visits, frequent tests, and anxious waiting for results and the staggering costs in dollars, stress, and physical consequences.

About the Author

Judith N. Lasker is a Professor I the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Lehigh University.