Androcentrism, Feminism, and Pluralism in Medicine

Anke Bueter

doi:10.1007/s11245-015-9339-y

Androcentrism, Feminism, and Pluralism in Medicine

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Abstract

Gender-medicine has been very successful in discovering gaps in medical knowledge, disclosing biases in earlier research, and generating new results. It has superseded a more androcentric and sexist medicine. Yet, its development should not be understood in terms of a further approximation of value-freedom. Rather, it is a case of better value-laden science due to an enhanced pluralism in medicine and society. This interpretation is based on an account of the origins of gender-medicine in the feminist women's health movement and an analysis of the debate on inclusion of women in clinical trials. Consequently, the history of gender-medicine provides support for a procedural account of objectivity that stresses the importance of a diversity of perspectives.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Topoi
Vol/bind	36
Nummer	3
Sider (fra-til)	521-530
Antal sider	10
ISSN	0167-7411
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-015-9339-y
Status	Udgivet - sep. 2017
Udgivet eksternt	Ja

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