Embodying Bioethics

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.

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 counties.

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Feminist scholars from a variety of fields report their latest theoretical and empirical work in 14 essays developed from presentations at the 1996 convention of the International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics in San Francisco. They discuss such dimensions as rehabilitating care; abortion, Chernobyl, and unanswered genetic questions; whether menopause is a disease and should be treated; and challenges for feminist philanthropy in culture and reproductive health. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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).