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Book cover image of Overcoming Infertility: A Guide for Jewish Couples by Richard V. Grazi

Authors: Richard V. Grazi
ISBN-13: 9789655260205, ISBN-10: 9655260208
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Toby Press LLC, The
Date Published: June 2009
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Richard V. Grazi

Book Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword
A brief history of fertility therapy5
The rabbinic conception of conception31
The longing for children in the traditional Jewish family67
The rabbinic and medical partnership73
Infertility : issues from the heart79
A rabbinic response to infertility95
On adoption101
The couple, the physician and the rabbi : a triumvirate partnership111
The physiology of conception121
General aspects of female infertility131
Diagnostic procedures in the female patient189
A general overview of male infertility227
Evaluation and treatment of male infertility251
Halakhic considerations in the treatment of female infertility277
Assisted reproduction311
Fertility treatment on the Sabbath and festivals369
Rabbinical supervision during fertility therapy391
New ethical issues409
Future directions425

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