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Infertility Counselling promotes the work of a multidisciplinary group of professionals who are linked by a common aim to counsel people with problems of infertility. The needs of both counsellors and health care professionals are considered and numerous models of counselling including the individual, the couple and the family are covered. The counselling involved in the day-to-day professional communication between doctors, nurses and clients is considered in detail, as well as the specialized role of the independent counsellor.

A comprehensive, highly-readable reference emphasizing the important psychological and emotional aspects of infertility counseling--from the viewpoints of both the patient and the professional--this book offers guidelines for providing advice, information, support, therapy, and stress management for women, men, and couples who are struggling with the difficult issues of infertility.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780632024452
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
  • Publication date: 1/28/1995
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Pages: 294
  • Product dimensions: 6.16 (w) x 9.19 (h) x 0.87 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction 1
1 Infertility Counselling and Medical Diagnosis 13
2 The Nurse and Infertility Counselling 22
3 Offering Woman-Centred Counselling in Reproductive Medicine 38
4 Male Mysteries: Factors in Male Infertility 66
5 Working With Partners: Counselling the Couple and Collaborating in the Team 79
6 A Family-Systems Approach to Infertility Counselling 94
7 The Fertile Ground: The Role of Art Therapy in the Fertility Clinic 113
8 Birthmarks: Ritualization and Metaphor in Fertility Counselling 133
9 Termination and Limitation: A Social Worker's Perspective 151
10 A History of Infertility Counselling in the United Kingdom 175
11 Infertility Counselling and IVF: The Moral and Legal Background 191
12 What is Fertility Counselling? 205
13 Who Should Give Fertility Counselling? 214
14 The Doctor's View of the Counsellor 218
15 The Doctor as Counsellor 223
16 Infertility Counselling: A Consultant's Personal View 231
17 Reproductive Medicine: Why Do We Need Counselling? 234
App. 1. Medical Acronyms and Important Word Glossary 253
App. 2. Treatment Options for the Infertile 260
App. 3. Useful Organizations and Addresses 264
App. 4. Training Counsellors for Infertility Counselling 270
App. 5. British Infertility Counselling Association 271
App. 6. Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority 273
App. 7. Summary of the History of Infertility Counselling 275
References and Further Reading 277
Index 289
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