Embodying Bioethics

Recent Feminist Advances

AvAnne Donchin,Laura M. Purdy

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

In this important book, a distinguished group of feminist scholars and activists discuss crucial bioethics topics in a feminist light. Among the subjects explored are the care/justice debates, transforming bioethics, practice, and reproduction. The book also covers less commonly discussed issues, such as culturally appropriate responses to reproductive health problems in developing countries.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-01-14
Mått:149 x 227 x 17 mm
Vikt:381 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Feminist Perspectives
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780847689255

Utforska kategorier

Medicinsk etik och läkaretik inom Medicin
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Anne Donchin is associate professor of philosophy and former director of Women's Studies at Indiana University, Indianapolis. She is the author of The Birthing Industry: A Feminist Critique.Laura M. Purdy is professor of philosophy, University of Toronto and bioethicist, Toronto Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Ontario Cancer Institute and Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. Among her publications are Reproducing Persons: Issues in Feminist Bioethics and Feminist Perspectives in Medical Ethics (with Helen Bequeart Holmes).

Recensioner i media

A welcome resource for teaching and discussing tough issues with trustworthy help.

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 IntroductionPart 2 I: Redirecting Bioethical TheoryChapter 3 1 Rehabilitating CareChapter 4 2 Just Caring About Maternal-Fetal Relations: The Case of Cocaine Using Pregnant WomenChapter 5 3 Demarginalization: An Imperative for Feminist BioethicsChapter 6 4 Erasing Difference: Race, Ethnicity and Gender in BioethicsPart 7 II: Reproduction and BeyondChapter 8 5 Abortion, Chernobyl and Unanswered Genetic QuestionsChapter 9 6 Do Lesbians Make Infertile Couples?: Anti-Lesbian Discrimination in Assisted ReproductionChapter 10 7 Equality, Autonomy and Feminist BioethicsChapter 11 8 Health Commodification and the Body Politic in Contemporary China: The Example of Female InfertilityChapter 12 9 Feminism and Elective Fetal ReproductionChapter 13 10 On Not Iterating Women's Disability: A Crossover Perspective on Genetic DilemmasChapter 14 11 Menopause: Is this a Disease and Should We Treat It?Part 15 III: Working For ChangeChapter 16 12 Culture and Reproductive Health: Challenges for Feminist PhilanthropyChapter 17 13 Strategies for Effective TransformationChapter 18 14 Women and Health Research: From Theory to Practice to PolicyPart 19 IndexPart 20 About the Editors and Contributors