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 It has superseded a more androcentric and sexist medicine.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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Topoi |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 521-530 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISSN | 0167-7411 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Sexism in medicine
- Women's health movement
- NIH Revitalization Act
- Pluralism
- Values in science
- BRITISH CIVIL-SERVANTS
- CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE
- NIH-REVITALIZATION-ACT
- CLINICAL-TRIALS
- WOMEN
- HEALTH
- INCLUSION
- PERSPECTIVE
- MINORITIES