Patient-Centered Assisted Reproduction

How to Integrate Exceptional Care with Cutting-Edge Technology

Alice D. Domar, Denny Sakkas, Thomas L. Toth

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9781108796774
• eBook ISBN:
  9781108849944
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Gynecology, Obstetrics & Midwifery

Address the future of innovative reproductive technologies with experts in the fields of IVF, fertility preservation and laboratory advances. This essential resource examines the changing roles of IVF, and moves beyond the basics of reproductive medicine. This book introduces the optimization of care, to improve patient outcomes, whilst facing ethical challenges that accompany new technologies, and applying the patient-centered care model to improve both patient and staff retention. By showcasing the future of the field in terms of clinical practice and innovative laboratory technologies, this guide will support clinics worldwide to provide high-quality customer experience, maintaining a competitive edge, following increasing standardization of clinical and laboratory protocols. This invaluable guide features chapters on patient evaluation, predictive modelling, advances in pharmacology, and laboratories of the future. Written by research and clinical leaders from around the world, it describes ground-breaking innovative treatments and technologies, encompassing the care model in a holistic way.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Access to Infertility Care
• Chapter 2 The Patient Evaluation of the Future: Genetics, New Diagnostics, and Prediction Modeling
• Chapter 3 Advances in ART Pharmacology: Drug Delivery Systems and the Pipeline
• Chapter 4 ART Monitoring: An End to Frequent Clinic Visits and Needle Sticks?
• Chapter 5 The IVF Cycle to Come: Laboratory Innovations
• Chapter 6 Integrative Care
• Chapter 7 Psychological Counseling: Ethical Challenges of the Future
• Chapter 8 Using Technology to Enhance Communication in Medically Assisted Reproductive Care
• Chapter 9 The Economics of IVF: Evaluating the Necessity and Value of Public Funding
• Chapter 10 Medical and Elective Fertility Preservation: Options and Suggestions for a Patient-Centered Approach
• Chapter 11 Patient Retention, Nursing Retention: The Importance of Empathic Communication and Nursing Support
• Chapter 12 Patient-Centered IVF Care
• Chapter 13 The IVF Patient Journey of the Future
• Index