fertility treatments

См. также в других словарях:

• Fertility tourism — or reproductive tourism[1] is the practice of traveling to another country for fertility treatments.[2] It may be regarded as a form of medical tourism. The main reasons for fertility tourism are legal regulation of the sought procedure in the… …   Wikipedia

• fertility tourism — n. The practice of traveling to another country for fertility treatments. fertility tourist n. Example Citations: Fertility tourism is booming. It s not just the Italian maverick doctor in Rome who offers to bypass the regulations of the UK s… …   New words

• fertility tourism — /fɜtɪləti ˈtʊərɪzəm/ (say fertiluhtee toouhrizuhm) noun a form of medical tourism in which the traveller visits another country to receive fertility treatments, such as IVF procedures, or to engage a surrogate mother. –fertility tourist, noun …  

• Fertility preservation — is the effort to help cancer patients retain their fertility, or ability to procreate. Research into how cancer affects reproductive health and preservation options are growing, sparked in part by the increase in the survival rate of cancer… …   Wikipedia

• fertility clinic — /fɜˈtɪləti klɪnɪk/ (say fer tiluhtee klinik) noun a medical centre which specialises in problems relating to human fertility and in treatments such as IVF …  

• American Fertility Association — The American Fertility Association is a national non profit organization based in New York City, which advocates and serves as a resource for topics related to fertility preservation, reproductive health and family building. Founded in 1999, The… …   Wikipedia

• Sperm donation — is the provision (or ‘donation’) by a man, (known as a ‘sperm donor’), of his sperm, with the intention that it be used to impregnate a woman who is not usually the man s sexual partner, in order to produce a child. A sperm donor is the natural… …   Wikipedia

• Infertility — See also: Female infertility, Male infertility, and Sterility (physiology) Infertility Classification and external resources ICD 10 N46, N97.0 …   Wikipedia

• Medical tourism — (also called medical travel, health tourism or global healthcare) is a term initially coined by travel agencies and the mass media to describe the rapidly growing practice of travelling across international borders to obtain health care. It also… …   Wikipedia

• Assisted reproductive technology — (ART) is a general term referring to methods used to achieve pregnancy by artificial or partially artificial means. It is reproductive technology used in infertility treatment, which is the only application routinely used today of reproductive… …   Wikipedia

• Stem cell controversy — The stem cell controversy is the ethical debate primarily concerning the creation, treatment, and destruction of human embryos incident to research involving embryonic stem cells. Not all stem cell research involves the creation, use, or… …   Wikipedia