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Edited by Machelle M. Seibel, Ann A. Kiessling, Judith Bernstein, and Susan R. Levin. 446 pp., illustrated. New York, Springer-Verlag, 1993. $59. ISBN 0-387-97793-7.

According to the preface, this book is based on the proceedings of a postgraduate course given in June 1990 that was sponsored by the Faulkner Center for Reproductive Medicine in Boston. Despite the obvious time lag, it contains a great deal of useful and current information.

The chapters may be roughly divided into the technical (medical, surgical, and laboratory) aspects of infertility and the psychosocial, legal, and ethical aspects of in vitro fertilization (IVF). The broad scope of the subject matter is commendable, but it also gives rise to problems in the organization and coherence of the book. Perhaps these . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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