Property in the Body

Property in the Body Feminist Perspectives - Cambridge Bioethics and Law

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Publisher's Synopsis

We live in an era when all bodies are potentially 'feminised' by being rendered 'open-access' for biomedical research and clinical practice. Adopting a theoretically sophisticated and practical approach, Property in the Body: Feminist Perspectives rejects the notion that the sale of bodily tissue enhances the freedom of the individual through an increase in moral agency. Combining feminist theory and bioethics, it also addresses the omissions which are inherent in policy analysis and academic debate. For example, whilst women's tissue is particularly central to new biotechnologies, the requirement for female labour is largely ignored in subsequent evaluation. In its fully revised second edition, this book also considers how policies and developments vary between countries and within specific areas of biomedicine itself. Most importantly, it analyses the new and emerging technologies of this field whilst returning to the core questions and fears which are inextricably linked to the commercialisation of the body.

Book information

ISBN: 9781316613740
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
Edition: Second edition
DEWEY: 174.957
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 250
Weight: 326g
Height: 153mm
Width: 227mm
Spine width: 14mm