Property in the Body - Feminist Perspectives

Informationen zum Autor Donna Dickenson is Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics and Humanities at Birkbeck College, University of London. In 2006, she became the first woman to receive the International Spinoza Lens Award for her contribution on public debate in ethics. Klappentext Commodification of the human body is gaining ground, strengthened by powerful interests. This book helps us understand and regulate it. Zusammenfassung This revised and updated second edition takes into account technical and regulatory developments in biotechnology. It offers the reader a clear argument about why we worry about the body becoming a mere commodity and what we can do to prevent it! whilst bringing together bioethics and feminist theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Do we all have feminised bodies now?; 2. Commodification, contract and labour; 3. The lady vanishes: eggs for reproduction and research; 4. Surrogacy: can babies be property?; 5. Umbilical cord blood: seizing surplus value; 6. Biobanks and databases: our bodies, but not ourselves; 7. The gender politics of genetic patenting; 8. Reclaiming the biomedical commons.

Product details

• Authors: Donna Dickenson, Donna (Birkbeck College Dickenson, Dickenson Donna
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781316613740
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61374-0
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Cambridge Bioethics and Law; Cambridge Bioethics and Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, Feminism & feminist theory, Medical & healthcare law, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Medical and healthcare law