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Medical Sexism - Contraception Access, Reproductive Medicine, and Health Care (Hardcover)
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Medical Sexism - Contraception Access, Reproductive Medicine, and Health Care (Hardcover)
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Doctors routinely deny patients access to hormonal birth control
prescription refills, and this issue has broad interest for
feminism, biomedical ethics, and applied ethics generally. Medical
Sexism argues that such practices violate a variety of legal and
moral standards, including informed consent, medical malpractice,
and human rights. Why are such violations so common, systemic, and
persistent? Jill B. Delston examines a range of possible
explanations and makes the case for medical sexism as a major
underlying cause. Building on this conceptual foundation, the
author then considers other common abuses in the medical field,
such as abortion access policy, labor and delivery treatment,
misdiagnosing strokes, and underestimating pain. Many argue that we
can override patient autonomy in reproductive health cases due to
the fetus. However, the case of contraception includes the same
attitudes, behaviors, and practices even in the absence of a fetus.
Delston argues that sexism is a better explanation for the
widespread abuse of patient autonomy in reproductive health and
health care generally. Identifying, addressing, and rooting out
medical sexism is necessary if we are to successfully protect
medical and moral values.
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