Embodying Bioethics

Recent Feminist Advances

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

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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

Utgivningsdatum1999-01-14
Mått159 x 236 x 27 mm
Vikt585 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Feminist Perspectives
Antal sidor296
FörlagRowman & Littlefield
ISBN9780847689248

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

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).

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