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- Optimizing the Management of Fertility in Women over 40
- Optimizing the Management of Fertility in Women over 40
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Section 1 Demographic Trends
- Section 2 Biological Basis of Female Reproductive Aging: What Happens to the Ovaries and the Uterus as they Age?
- Section 3 Lifestyle, Environment, and Optimizing Reproduction in the 40s
- Section 4 Rethinking and Redefining “Family Planning” for the Twenty-First Century
- Section 5 Optimal Deployment of ART beyond 40
- Section 6 Obstetric Management beyond 40
- Section 7 Children of Older Parents
- Section 8 What Are Realistic Alternatives to Conceiving with Autologous Eggs?
- Section 9 New Technologies
- Section 10 Ethics
- Chapter 15 Ethical Issues in the Use of Assisted Reproductive Technology in Women over Age 40
- Epilogue
- Index
Epilogue
from Section 10 - Ethics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2022
- Optimizing the Management of Fertility in Women over 40
- Optimizing the Management of Fertility in Women over 40
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Section 1 Demographic Trends
- Section 2 Biological Basis of Female Reproductive Aging: What Happens to the Ovaries and the Uterus as they Age?
- Section 3 Lifestyle, Environment, and Optimizing Reproduction in the 40s
- Section 4 Rethinking and Redefining “Family Planning” for the Twenty-First Century
- Section 5 Optimal Deployment of ART beyond 40
- Section 6 Obstetric Management beyond 40
- Section 7 Children of Older Parents
- Section 8 What Are Realistic Alternatives to Conceiving with Autologous Eggs?
- Section 9 New Technologies
- Section 10 Ethics
- Chapter 15 Ethical Issues in the Use of Assisted Reproductive Technology in Women over Age 40
- Epilogue
- Index
Summary
Women have healthy babies in their 40s and the number presenting to antenatal services is increasing steadily. The statistics around maternal morbidity in the 40s are troubling. The number of women who are trying to conceive in their 40s and ask for help has also been increasing. What is possible today is significantly better than 15 years ago.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022