BACKGROUND Infertility is estimated to affect as many as 186 million people worldwide.
Although male infertility contributes to more than half of all cases of global childlessness …

Background Medical tourism is a growing phenomenon. This review of the literature maps
current knowledge and discusses findings with reference to the UK National Health Service …

STUDY QUESTION How many twins are born in human populations and how has this
changed over recent decades? SUMMARY ANSWER Since the 1980s, the global twinning …

Abstract STUDY QUESTION How are ART and IUI regulated, funded and registered in
European countries? SUMMARY ANSWER Of the 43 countries performing ART and IUI in …

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the evolution of medical tourism (MT) research from
a longitudinal perspective (period 1931–2016). A co-word analysis was applied to themes …

STUDY QUESTION Are there any changes in the treatments involving ART and IUI initiated
in Europe during 2013 compared with previous years? SUMMARY ANSWER An increase in …

In this fully revised and updated second edition of An Anthropology of Biomedicine, authors
Lock and Nguyen introduce biomedicine from an anthropological perspective, exploring the …

Abstract STUDY QUESTION The 14th European IVF—monitoring (EIM) report presents the
results of medically assisted reproduction treatments including assisted reproductive …

Abstract STUDY QUESTION The 16th European IVF-monitoring (EIM) report presents the
data of the treatments involving assisted reproductive technology (ART) and intrauterine …

IntroductIon reconceiving Middle Eastern Manhood this book is a tribute to Middle Eastern
men such as Hamza, my driver in Lebanon, whose stories never make it to the front pages of …