"[Sherwin] seeks to educate her readers and to recruit them to join her efforts at reform. The result is an excellent introduction to applied feminism for anyone willing to entertain a fresh perspective on health care ethics."
The New England Journal of Medicine "A broad and solid account of the relevance of feminist ethics to health care ethics... Throughout, the ... Read moreemphasis is on the dominance relations that permeate the system of health care and constitute a major obstacle to fair and appropriate provision of care."
Choice "Susan Sherwin addresses the enormous gap between the field that has developed as 'bioethics' and the concern of feminist ethicists addressing these same issues... Sherwin shows where the women are missing, where traditional bioethics as a developing field has gone afield. In doing this, she makes an important statement."
Barbara Katz Rothman, Professor of Sociology, Baruch College, CUNY "Sherwin evaluates feminist and non-feminist views about abortion, the new procreative technologies, the doctor/patient relationship, and other important subjects, always stressing the different meanings these experiences can have for different women... A must for anyone who wants to understand and think clearly about the ethical dimensions of contemporary biomedicine."
Ruth Hubbard, Professor of Biology Emerita, Harvard University "No other book gives a feminist analysis of the field of medical ethics. This book is ground-breaking and could become the classic source in an important new subfield."
Helen B. Holmes, Editor, Feminist Ethics & Medicine (special issue of Hypatia) "A strong contribution to the literature on feminist ethics and on bioethics."
Kathleen Okruhlik, University of Western Ontario Show Less