Session Information
ASRM 65th Annual Meeting
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Infertility Counseling and Cross Border Reproductive Care
Track
:
PG Track One
Program Code:
PG02
Date:
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Time:
8:15 AM to 5:00 PM
EST
Location:
C106
CHAIR
(S):
Linda Hammer Burns, Ph.D.
Jean Haase, M.S.W., R.S.W.
SPEAKER
(S):
Eric Blyth, C.Q.S.W., B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Elinor Wilson, Ph.D.
Description
Cross-border reproductive care has become increasingly challenging. Migration trends and reproductive tourism have
increased the variety of patients who present for infertility treatment at facilities in the United States and elsewhere.
Physicians, as well as mental health professionals, need to understand the cultural, religious, and ethnic perspectives about infertility, reproduction, and childbearing that impact patient decision-making about medical issues.
Understanding of these issues will allow physicians to be more accepting of cultural practices that may be medically obstructive or faith based.
Little, if any, information is available in medical journals concerning infertility counseling dealing with transcultural psychosocial issues, religious beliefs, and reproduction. Articles aimed at physicians do not include psychosocial information, such as how a patient’s religious beliefs may influence medical decision making, how recent immigrants who present for treatment in the US may have differing expectations of physicians than native born or assimilated patients, how culturally specific sexual practices influence medical treatment, or the request for gender selection through treatment.
Conversely, sociology journals have articles about cultural beliefs and assimilation issues related to childbearing practices, but do not cover reproductive and infertility medical issues.
This postgraduate course will provide valuable information that both physicians and mental health professionals can use in their daily practice. Several aspects of reproductive tourism, or cross-border reproduction, will be addressed, including the development of government standards, the consumer perspective on reproductive tourism, the role of infertility counseling and counseling standards of practice.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:
1. Compare and contrast the practices and roles of mental health professionals in different countries.
2. Assess the laws and regulations regarding the practice of infertility counseling worldwide, including psychological
assessment and counseling for specific infertility treatments.
3. Critique qualifications for infertility counselors in various countries.
4. Identify patients’ motivations to cross borders for reproductive treatments.
To purchase a downloadable PDF of the PG course syllabus or syllabi, click here.
increased the variety of patients who present for infertility treatment at facilities in the United States and elsewhere.
Physicians, as well as mental health professionals, need to understand the cultural, religious, and ethnic perspectives about infertility, reproduction, and childbearing that impact patient decision-making about medical issues.
Understanding of these issues will allow physicians to be more accepting of cultural practices that may be medically obstructive or faith based.
Little, if any, information is available in medical journals concerning infertility counseling dealing with transcultural psychosocial issues, religious beliefs, and reproduction. Articles aimed at physicians do not include psychosocial information, such as how a patient’s religious beliefs may influence medical decision making, how recent immigrants who present for treatment in the US may have differing expectations of physicians than native born or assimilated patients, how culturally specific sexual practices influence medical treatment, or the request for gender selection through treatment.
Conversely, sociology journals have articles about cultural beliefs and assimilation issues related to childbearing practices, but do not cover reproductive and infertility medical issues.
This postgraduate course will provide valuable information that both physicians and mental health professionals can use in their daily practice. Several aspects of reproductive tourism, or cross-border reproduction, will be addressed, including the development of government standards, the consumer perspective on reproductive tourism, the role of infertility counseling and counseling standards of practice.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:
1. Compare and contrast the practices and roles of mental health professionals in different countries.
2. Assess the laws and regulations regarding the practice of infertility counseling worldwide, including psychological
assessment and counseling for specific infertility treatments.
3. Critique qualifications for infertility counselors in various countries.
4. Identify patients’ motivations to cross borders for reproductive treatments.
To purchase a downloadable PDF of the PG course syllabus or syllabi, click here.
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