Infertility

About the editor SANDRA R. LEIBLUM, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Co--Director of the Center for Sexual and Marital Health at UMDNJ--Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. She is an authority in the field of sex therapy and the psychosomatic aspects of women's reproductive and menopausal health and a prolific researcher in the field of reproductive medicine. Dr. Leiblum is a board member of the Association of Psychosomatic Obstetrics/Gynecology, a board member of the mental health professional group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and past president of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research. She has authored or coauthored more than 70 contributed chapters and articles, and her books include Erectile Disorders: Assessment and Treatment, Sexual Desire Disorders, and Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy.

Partial table of contents:; INFERTILITY: MEDICAL, ETHICAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES.; Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Options: A Primer (P. McShane).; Ethical Issues Associated with the New Reproductive Technologies (S. Cooper).; Stress and Infertility in Women (A. Domar).; Gender and Infertility (J. Daniluk).; CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND TREATMENT.; Love, Sex, and Infertility: The Impact of Infertility on Couples ( S. Leiblum).; To Tell or Not to Tell: The Issue of Privacy and Disclosure in Infertility Treatment (S. Klock).; Concerns of Single Women and Lesbian Couples Considering Conception through Assisted Reproduction (M. Jacob).; WHEN MEDICAL TREATMENT FAILS.; Miscarriage and Its Aftermath (E. Glazer).; Infertility and Adoption Adjustment: Considerations and Clinical Issues. (D. Brodzinsky).; About the Contributors.; Indexes.