title: [The role of andrology as a field of reproductive medicine in the solution of demographic problems in Russia].
abstract: Under the conditions of a deepest demographic crisis, which is progressing in Russia and has led to the fact that Russian population diminishes by 1 million each year, the development of andrology should be considered a very important link in the state system of measures taken to increase birth rate. Andrology is an essential field of reproductive medicine and should receive a status of an individual medical specialty. At the same time, andrology should be organically connected with obstetrics and gynecology, which would provide effective diagnostics and treatment of the infertile marriage. It would be baneful and inappropriate to refer to andrology as one of officially recognized medical specialties such as urology, endocrinology, dermatovenerology, surgery, sexology etc. Andrology is a new polydisciplinary and multisectoral medical field requiring multifaceted biological and medical knowledge and special training of doctors; it does not tolerate narrowly specialized professional thinking and acting from a doctor working in this complicated medical field.
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authors: Artiukhin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D033441:Andrology / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D003710:Demography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018456:Reproductive Medicine; D012426:Russia