Diagnosis : difference : the moral authority of medicine
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Diagnosis : difference : the moral authority of medicine
Cornell University Press, 1998
- alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-175) and index
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内容説明
How is justice in the delivery of health care influenced by the culture of medicine? In this work of feminist bioethics, the author examines the cultural status of the medical establishment. Challenging traditional views, she shows that morality in health care has a far-reaching impact on social justice. Situating her analysis in the context of the AIDS and women's health movements, Wilkerson explores continuing patterns of injustice in medicine, the function of health care as social control, and the unequal risk of illness and injury among different social groups. She assesses the role of medicine and bioethics in the sexual oppression of women and of gay and bisexual men, and defines the forces undermining the role of bioethics in monitoring the moral status of health care. What changes would make bioethicists more responsive to the needs of oppressed groups? Wilderson's book suggests ways towards a better understanding of medical authority and a new perspective on health activism which demonstrates that a feminist and sexually inclusive analysis has much to offer in revealing the hidden cultural politics of medicine.
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