The Constructed Body
AIDS, Reproductive Technology, and Ethics
Published on 10. August 1995
Book
Hardback
185 pages
978-0-7914-2517-6 (ISBN)
Description
Takes a phenomenological approach to feminist issues in medical ethics: AIDS and reproductive technology.
This book contributes to new directions in medical ethics by using recent philosophical theories, such as phenomenological, deconstruction, and post-structuralism, and extends philosophical analysis to allow for the influences of politics, cultural difference, and history on ethics. The author views AIDS from several different perspectives over a period of years and addresses questions often given little attention: what are the ethical issues for women with AIDS? How has AIDS phobia become a public health issue? What ought to be society's responsibility toward children with AIDS? New ground is broken in reproductive technology by examining unusual issues in ways that illuminate current debates on women's reproductive rights, such as should brain-dead pregnant women be sustained on life-support, and should pregnancy require women's bodies or would artificial uteri be acceptable?
This book contributes to new directions in medical ethics by using recent philosophical theories, such as phenomenological, deconstruction, and post-structuralism, and extends philosophical analysis to allow for the influences of politics, cultural difference, and history on ethics. The author views AIDS from several different perspectives over a period of years and addresses questions often given little attention: what are the ethical issues for women with AIDS? How has AIDS phobia become a public health issue? What ought to be society's responsibility toward children with AIDS? New ground is broken in reproductive technology by examining unusual issues in ways that illuminate current debates on women's reproductive rights, such as should brain-dead pregnant women be sustained on life-support, and should pregnancy require women's bodies or would artificial uteri be acceptable?
Reviews / Votes
"This book is a fascinating read: lively, a wonderful blend of medical cases, journalistic articles, heavy philosophical analysis, and excellent empirical studies. As the author reminds us, AIDS and reproductive technology are two of the main health care issues of the twentieth century. One of them closely allied with death, the other with life." - Rosemarie Tong, Davidson CollegeMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Weight
426 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7914-2517-6 (9780791425176)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Julien S. Murphy is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern Maine.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Emergence of AIDS: Bodies in Revolt
2. Women, AIDS, and Sexual Ethics
3. Children, AIDS, and Ethics
4. The Constructed Body: Living with AIDS
5. Should Pregnancies Be Sustained in Brain-Dead Women?
6. Feminist Concerns about Ectogenesis: Is Pregnancy Necessary?
7. Toward a Feminist Ethics for Health Care
Notes
Index
Introduction
1. The Emergence of AIDS: Bodies in Revolt
2. Women, AIDS, and Sexual Ethics
3. Children, AIDS, and Ethics
4. The Constructed Body: Living with AIDS
5. Should Pregnancies Be Sustained in Brain-Dead Women?
6. Feminist Concerns about Ectogenesis: Is Pregnancy Necessary?
7. Toward a Feminist Ethics for Health Care
Notes
Index