Infertility and problems of impaired fecundity have been a concern through ages and is also
a significant clinical problem today, which affects 8–12% of couples worldwide. Of all …

About 10 years ago Greil published a review and critique of the literature on the socio‐
psychological impact of infertility. He found at the time that most scholars treated infertility as …

IntroductIon reconceiving Middle Eastern Manhood this book is a tribute to Middle Eastern
men such as Hamza, my driver in Lebanon, whose stories never make it to the front pages of …

BACKGROUND Worldwide more than 70 million couples suffer from infertility, the majority
being residents of developing countries. Negative consequences of childlessness are …

Background: Infertility is a major life event that brings about social and psychological
problems. The type and rate these problems in the context of socio-cultural of different …

Infertility is a problem of global proportions, affecting on average 8–12 percent of couples
worldwide. In some societies, however—particularly those in the “infertility belt” of sub …

In their desperate quest for conception, thousands of infertile couples from around the world
travel to the global in vitro fertilization (IVF) hub of Dubai. In Cosmopolitan Conceptions …

In 1978, the world's first “test-tube” baby was born via in vitro fertilization (IVF). The past 30
years have seen the rapid evolution of many other assisted reproductive technologies …

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the international availability of infertility services. DESIGN: A
PubMed computer search to identify relevant articles. SETTING: Academic medical center …

In the late 1990s, Egypt experienced a boom period in in vitro fertilization (IVF) technology
and now boasts more IVF clinics than neighboring Israel. In this book, Marcia Inhorn writes …