Medicalization, Medical Necessity, and Feminist Medicine
Abstract
New and proposed medical technologies continually challenge our vision of what constitutes appropriate medical treatment. As scholars and consumers grapple with the meaning of innovation, one common critical theme to surface is that it constitutes undesirable medicalization. But we are embodied creatures who can often benefit from medical knowledge; in addition, rejection of medicalization may be in some cases based on an untenable appeal to nature. Harnessing the power of medicine for women’s welfare requires us to rethink the goals of medicine as well as implement fundamental reforms.
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Administering an oxytocin blocker to voles that would otherwise form a monogamous attachment causes them to fail to do so and express interest in novel sexual partners.
“They can also reverse this process, by administering an oxytocin blocker: voles that would otherwise have formed a monogamous attachment fail to do so and express interest in novel sexual partners.27”
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EARP, B. D., SANDBERG, A., & SAVULESCU, J. (2015) · Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics · doi:10.1017/s0963180114000206 · Cited by 57 · see citing works
- Authors
- Purdy, L.
- Affiliations
- Wells College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Purdy, Laura
- ORCID
- Purdy, Laura
- Venue
- Bioethics
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2001-06
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 248-261
- ISSN
- 0269-9702 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8519
- OpenAlex
- W1975716039
- Cited by
- 72
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 1.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Bioethics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Bioethics and Human Rights Issues
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Medicine, History, and Philosophy
- Keywords
- medicalization, medical necessity, medical technology, healthcare innovation, women's health, goals of medicine, medical reform
- MeSH terms
- Abortion, Induced, Female, Goals, Humans, Medicine, Philosophy, Preventive Medicine, Sociology, Medical, Women, Women's Health Services, Women's Health, Feminism
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