<i>"[Sherwin] seeks to educate her readers and to recruit them to join her efforts at reform. The result is an excellent introduction to applied feminism for anyone willing to entertain a fresh perspective on health care ethics."</i><br />-<b><i>The New England Journal of Medicine</i></b> <p><i>"A broad and solid account of the relevance of feminist ethics to health care ethics.... Throughout, the emphasis is on the dominance relations that permeate the system of health care and constitute a major obstacle to fair and appropriate provision of care."</i><br />-<b><i>Choice</i></b></p> <i>"Susan Sherwin addresses the enormous gap between the field that has developed as 'bioethics' and the concern of feminist ethicists addressing these same issues.... Sherwin shows where the women are missing, where traditional bioethics as a developing field has gone afield. In doing this, she makes an important statement."</i><br />-<b>Barbara Katz Rothman</b>, Professor of Sociology, Baruch College, CUNY

The first comprehensive handling of feminist bioethics
Medical ethics and feminist ethics are both comparatively new disciplines. In this study, the author explores the relationship between them and suggests their implications for the structures of medical care delivery and the allocation of health care resources. It also examines controversial subjects such as abortion, and surrogate motherhood.
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Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Theoretical Beginnings 1. Understanding Feminism 2. Ethics, "Feminine" Ethics, and Feminist Ethics 3. Feminism and Moral Relativism 4. Toward a Feminist Ethics of Health Care Part II: Traditional Problems in Health Care Ethics 5. Abortion 6. New Reproductive Technologies 7. Paternalism 8. Research Part III: Feminist Expansions of the Bioethics Landscape 9. Ascriptions of Illness 10. Medical Constructions of Sexuality 11. Gender, Race, and Class in the Delivery of Health Care Notes References Index
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The first comprehensive handling of feminist bioethics

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781566390613
Publisert
1992-12-18
Utgiver
Temple University Press,U.S.
Vekt
426 gr
Høyde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
277

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Susan Sherwin is Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at Dalhousie University.