Think about six loved ones of reproductive age in your life. Now imagine that one of these six individuals is suffering from infertility. Perhaps they feel alone and isolated, unable to discuss their heartbreak with their closest friends, family, and support network.
Suffering in silence. In this editorial, we discuss the infertility journey through the lens of the patients, the providers, and the scientists who struggle with infertility each and every day. Our goal is to open a dialogue surrounding infertility, with an emphasis on dismantling the longstanding societal barriers to acknowledging male infertility as a disease. Through education, communication, compassion, and advocacy, together we can all begin to break the deafening silence of male infertility.
Urology. 2023 Sep 29 [Epub ahead of print]
Catherine S Nam, Kevin J Campbell, Chiara Acquati, Raevti Bole, Ava Adler, David J Collins, Erica Collins, Mary Samplaski, Jake Anderson-Bialis, Juan J Andino, Denise Asafu-Adjei, Audrey J Gaskins, Pietro Bortoletto, Sarah C Vij, Kyle E Orwig, Scott D Lundy
Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI USA., Department of Urology, University of Florida, Gainesville FL USA., Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston TX USA; Department of Clinical Sciences, Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, University of Houston, Houston, TX; Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX., Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH USA., Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH USA., Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA USA., FertilityIQ., Department of Urology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA USA., Department of Urology, Department of Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago IL USA., Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta GA USA., Boston IVF, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA USA., Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh PA USA., Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH USA. Electronic address: .
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37778476