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Self-Trust and Reproductive Autonomy - 9780262134088

Un libro in lingua di Carolyn McLeod edito da Mit Pr, 2002

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The power of new medical technologies, the cultural authority of physicians, and thegendered power dynamics of many patient-physician relationships can all inhibit women's reproductivefreedom. Often these factors interfere with women's ability to trust themselves to choose and act inways that are consistent with their own goals and values. In this book Carolyn McLeod introduces tothe reproductive ethics literature the idea that in reproductive health care women's self-trust canbe undermined in ways that threaten their autonomy. Understanding the importance of self-trust forautonomy, McLeod argues, is crucial to understanding the limits on women's reproductivefreedom.

McLeod brings feminist insights in philosophical moral psychology toreproductive ethics, and to health-care ethics more broadly. She identifies the social environmentsin which self-trust is formed and encouraged. She also shows how women's experiences of reproductivehealth care can enrich our understanding of self-trust and autonomy as philosophical concepts. Thebook's theoretical components are grounded in women's concrete experiences. The cases discussed,which involve miscarriage, infertility treatment, and prenatal diagnosis, show that what many womenfeel toward themselves in reproductive contexts is analogous to what we feel toward others when wetrust or distrust them.

McLeod also discusses what health-care providers can do tominimize the barriers to women's self-trust in reproductive health care, and why they have a duty todo so as part of their larger duty to respect patient autonomy.

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