Ellen K Feder, Alice Dreger

Making Sense of Intersex

Changing Ethical Perspectives in Biomedicine

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Produktbeschreibung

Ellen K. Feder teaches philosophy at American University. ¿

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9780253012289
• ISBN-10: 0253012287
• Artikelnr.: 38591582

Autorenporträt

Ellen K. Feder teaches philosophy at American University.  

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Disciplinary Limits: Philosophy, Bioethics, and the Medical
Management of Atypical Sex
1. The Trouble with Intersex: History Lessons
2. "In Their Best Interests": Parents' Experience of Atypical Sex Anatomy
in Children
3. Tilting the Ethical Lens: Shame, Disgust, and the Body in Question
4. Reassigning Ambiguity: Parental Decisions and the Matter of Harm
5. A Question of Ethics as/or a Question of Culture: The Problem of What Is
and What Ought to Be
6. Neutralizing Morality: Nondirective Counseling of Parents of Children
with Intersex Conditions, 2006-
7. Practicing Virtue: A Parental Duty
8. Protecting Vulnerability: An Imperative of Care
Conclusion. Lessons from Physicians
Notes
References
Index