Beschreibung:
Oncofertility has emerged as a way to address potential lost or impaired fertility in cancer patients and survivors, with active biomedical research that is developing new ways to help these individuals preserve their ability to have biological children. In order to move beyond oncofertility as a science and medical technology and begin to address the ethical, legal, and social ramifications of this emerging field, we must give voice to scholars from the humanities and social sciences to engage in a multidisciplinary discussion. This book brings together a pool of experts from a variety of fields, including communication, economics, ethics, history, law, religion, and sociology, to examine the complex issues raised by recent developments in oncofertility and to offer advice from national and international perspectives as we create new technology. Given the inherent interdisciplinary nature of oncofertility, this book is not only valuable, but also necessary to cultivate a deep understanding of new issues with the eventual aim of offering proposals for addressing them. Indeed, this book will be useful for people not only within the humanities and social sciences disciplines but also for those who are confronted with cancer and the possibility of impaired fertility and the medical practitioners within oncology and reproductive medicine who are at the front lines of this emerging field.
This book presents selected presentations from a wide-ranging forum of experts organized by the Oncofertility Consortium, an interdisciplinary group of researchers and clinicians, dedicated to improving fertility preservation options for cancer patients.
Oncofertility has emerged as a way to address potential lost or impaired fertility in cancer patients and survivors, with active biomedical research that is developing new ways to help these individuals preserve their ability to have biological children. In order to move beyond oncofertility as a science and medical technology and begin to address the ethical, legal, and social ramifications of this emerging field, we must give voice to scholars from the humanities and social sciences to engage in a multidisciplinary discussion. This book brings together a pool of experts from a variety of fields, including communication, economics, ethics, history, law, religion, and sociology, to examine the complex issues raised by recent developments in oncofertility and to offer advice from national and international perspectives as we create new technology. Given the inherent interdisciplinary nature of oncofertility, this book is not only valuable, but also necessary to cultivate a deep understanding of new issues with the eventual aim of offering proposals for addressing them. Indeed, this book will be useful for people not only within the humanities and social sciences disciplines but also for those who are confronted with cancer and the possibility of impaired fertility and the medical practitioners within oncology and reproductive medicine who are at the front lines of this emerging field.
The Science and Technology of Oncofertility.- Reproductive Health After Cancer.- Designing Follicle–Environment Interactions with Biomaterials.- Gamete Preservation.- To Transplant or Not to Transplant – That Is the Question.- Clinical Cases in Oncofertility.- Cancer Genetics: Risks and Mechanisms of Cancer in Women with Inherited Susceptibility to Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.- Protecting and Extending Fertility for Females of Wild and Endangered Mammals.- Historical and Legal Perspectives.- Placing the History of Oncofertility.- Medical Hope, Legal Pitfalls: Potential Legal Issues in the Emerging Field of Oncofertility.- Domestic and International Surrogacy Laws: Implications for Cancer Survivors.- Adoption After Cancer: Adoption Agency Attitudes and Perspectives on the Potential to Parent Post-Cancer.- Clinical and Theoretical Ethics.- Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation and Bioethical Discourse.- The Lessons of Oncofertility for Assisted Reproduction.- Morally Justifying Oncofertility Research.- Ethical Dilemmas in Oncofertility: An Exploration of Three Clinical Scenarios.- Participation in Investigational Fertility Preservation Research: A Feminist Research Ethics Approach.- Reproductive ‘Choice’ and Egg Freezing.- The Impact of Infertility: Why ART Should Be a Higher Priority for Women in the Global South.- Oncofertility and Informed Consent: Addressing Beliefs, Values, and Future Decision Making.- Religious Perspectives.- Bioethics and Oncofertility: Arguments and Insights from Religious Traditions.- Sacred Bodies: Considering Resistance to Oncofertility in Muslim Communities.- Unlikely Motherhood in the Qur’?n: Oncofertility as Devotion.- Technology and Wholeness: Oncofertility and Catholic Tradition.- Jewish Perspectives on Oncofertility: The Complexitiesof Tradition.- Ramifications for Education and Economics.- The Oncofertility Saturday Academy: A Paradigm to Expand the Educational Opportunities and Ambitions of High School Girls.- MyOncofertility.org: A Web-Based Patient Education Resource Supporting Decision Making Under Severe Emotional and Cognitive Overload.- Anticipating Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation in the Health-Care Marketplace: A Willingness to Pay Assessment.- Perspectives on Oncofertility from Demography and Economics.- For the Sake of Consistency and Fairness: Why Insurance Companies Should Cover Fertility Preservation Treatment for Iatrogenic Infertility.- Repercussions of Oncofertility for Patients and their Families.- Healthcare Provider Perspectives on Fertility Preservation for Cancer Patients.- Counseling and Consenting Women with Cancer on Their Oncofertility Options: A Clinical Perspective.- The Fertility-Related Treatment Choices of Cancer Patients: Cancer-Related Infertility and Family Dynamics.- Whose Future Is It? Ethical Family Decision Making About Daughters’ Treatment in the Oncofertility Context.- Choosing Life When Facing Death: Understanding Fertility Preservation Decision-Making for Cancer Patients.- Health Care Provider Stories and Final Thoughts.- Discussing Fertility Preservation with Breast Cancer Patients.- Warning: Google Can Be Hazardous to Your Health: Fertility Preservation Is an Important Part of Cancer Care.- The Role of a Patient Navigator in Fertility Preservation.- Judaism and Reproductive Technology.- Reading Between the Lines of Cancer and Fertility: A Provider’s Story.- A Rewarding Experience for a Pediatric Urologist.- Final Thoughts.
