Overview
- Discusses the importance of developing interdisciplinary relationships in Oncofertility and provides guidance on how diverse members of the community can develop such contacts
- Addresses a wide variety of health care and scientific professionals who are asked to communicate oncofertility needs and options in their daily lives
- Organized by audiences, including providers, patients, parents and other members of the public?
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Oncofertility integrates the two previously distinct fields of cancer treatment and fertility research and aims to explore and expand the reproductive future of cancer survivors. In order to achieve the goal of fertility preservation, the Oncofertility community must focus on communication and the way data is provided and received. Concomitant with the rapidly changing technology of Oncofertility, there have been radical shifts and advances in the way health educators and clinicians can produce and share information. As success rates of reproductive techniques such as egg freezing and banking continue to rise, providing increasing opportunities for young cancer patients to preserve their fertility prior to the onset of cancer treatments, communication among professionals in oncology, reproductive medicine, and psychosocial work, among others, becomes crucial, and clinical demand for Oncofertility information is expected to rise considerably.
Oncofertility Communication describes and addresses the myriad channels through which the multiple audiences involved in Oncofertility can be served with appropriate and accurate information about cancer-related fertility issues. The text answers frequently asked questions and provides invaluable insights to scientific and health care professionals about communication among the diverse Oncofertility audiences. It incorporates timely discussions about traditional and emerging electronic communication tools and discusses the impact of health care policy changes on the Oncofertility field.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Marla L. Clayman, PhD, MPH, Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Kate E. Waimey, PhD, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncofertility Consortium, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Oncofertility Communication
Book Subtitle: Sharing Information and Building Relationships across Disciplines
Editors: Teresa K Woodruff, Marla L Clayman, Kate E Waimey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8235-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-8234-5Published: 09 October 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4504-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-8235-2Published: 08 October 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 237
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Reproductive Medicine, Cancer Research, Endocrinology, Health Administration, Oncology, Gynecology