Feminism and public health ethics.

Full Abstract

This paper sketches an account of public health ethics drawing upon established scholarship in feminist ethics. Health inequities are one of the central problems in public health ethics; a feminist approach leads us to examine not only the connections between gender, disadvantage, and health, but also the distribution of power in the processes of public health, from policy making through to programme delivery. The complexity of public health demands investigation using multiple perspectives and an attention to detail that is capable of identifying the health issues that are important to women, and investigating ways to address these issues. Finally, a feminist account of public health ethics embraces rather than avoids the inescapable political dimensions of public health.

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Author information

Author/s: Rogers, W A (WA);

Affiliation: Department of Medical Education, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. wendy.rogers(-atsign-)flinders.edu.au

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Journal of medical ethics (J Med Ethics), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Jun; vol 32 (issue 6) : pp 351-4

Dates: Created 2006/05/29; Completed 2006/09/26;

PMID: 16731735, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Female
Feminism
Financing, Organized - economics; ethics
Gender Identity
Health Services Accessibility - economics; ethics
Humans

Humans
Politics
Poverty - ethics
Public Health - ethics
Research - methods
Social Justice - economics; ethics

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