Overcoming Infertility: A Guide for Jewish Couples
At a time when medical advances in fertility treatment are being made with unprecedented speed, Jewish couples are finding themselves psychologically and ethically challenged. Overcoming Infertility is an indispensable reference book for couples, rabbis and counselors trying to understand and resolve the complex issues of fertility therapy. This thorough and sensitive work examines contemporary technologies as they relate to halakha, the particular psychological and social issues faced by...
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At a time when medical advances in fertility treatment are being made with unprecedented speed, Jewish couples are finding themselves psychologically and ethically challenged. Overcoming Infertility is an indispensable reference book for couples, rabbis and counselors trying to understand and resolve the complex issues of fertility therapy. This thorough and sensitive work examines contemporary technologies as they relate to halakha, the particular psychological and social issues faced by Jewish couples grappling with infertility, and the intersection of the physical and spiritual aspects of overcoming infertility to give couples the guidance and hope they need to fulfill the profound human desire to have children.
ForewordA brief history of fertility therapy5The rabbinic conception of conception31The longing for children in the traditional Jewish family67The rabbinic and medical partnership73Infertility : issues from the heart79A rabbinic response to infertility95On adoption101The couple, the physician and the rabbi : a triumvirate partnership111The physiology of conception121General aspects of female infertility131Diagnostic procedures in the female patient189A general overview of male infertility227Evaluation and treatment of male infertility251Halakhic considerations in the treatment of female infertility277Assisted reproduction311Fertility treatment on the Sabbath and festivals369Rabbinical supervision during fertility therapy391New ethical issues409Future directions425
