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245	0	0	_aInfertility in the modern world : _bpresent and future prospects / _cedited by Gillian R. Bentley, C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2000.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aBiosocial Society symposium series ; _v12
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aBiomedical perspectives on fertility. Reproductive possibilities for infertile couples: present and future -- Genetic influences on human infertility. Environmental influences on fertility. Environmental pollutants and fertility -- From STD epidemics to AIDS: a socio-demographic and epidemiological perspective on sub-Saharan Africa. Social perspectives on infertility. Voluntary childlessness: trends and implications -- Sexual orientation and feritlity.
520			_aAs we enter the twenty-first century, a number of medical, environmental and social changes have profoundly affected human reproduction. This book discusses some of the more dramatic changes in an accessible manner, illustrating the ways in which human biology and culture can affect fertility and providing a unique interdisciplinary perspective on the subject. Topics include medical technologies that equip us with potential cures for many causes of infertility; diseases such as AIDS that have a devastating impact on the reproductive and social lives of humans, particularly in areas with limited access to medical care; increasing industrialisation and the development of fabricated materials that pollute our environment in unforeseen ways with possibly devastating effects on human health and fertility; and, finally, social revolutions that profoundly alter human relationships, such as non-marital unions between heterosexual couples, same-sex relationships, adoption and surrogacy which are becoming increasingly common.
650		0	_aInfertility.
650		0	_aInfertility _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aFertility, Human _xSocial aspects.
700	1		_aBentley, Gillian R., _d1957- _eeditor.
700	1		_aMascie-Taylor, C. G. N., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521643641
830		0	_aBiosocial Society symposium series ; _v12.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511613036
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