Malady and menopause

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 10 (4):329-338 (1985)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Culver and Gert define ‘malady’ in their book Philosophy in Medicine. It is shown that this definition is sexist in its implication in that it either indirectly contributes to women's oppression or indirectly supports a policy that discriminates against women. This is because, on Culver and Gert's definition of ‘malady’, menopause, menstruation, and pregnancy become maladies. It is also argued that malady claims are normative in a way not recognized by Culver and Gert. Keywords: malady and/or disease, menopause, sexism, definition, menstruation, pregnancy CiteULike Connotea Del.icio.us What's this?

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,616

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Suffering and the goals of medicine.Stan van Hooft - 1998 - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 1 (2):125-131.
Mind-body and malady.Edmund L. Erde - 1977 - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 2 (2):177-190.
Memory as Malady and Therapy in Freud and Hegel.David Farrell Krell - 1981 - Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 12 (1):33-50.
Bioethics: a return to fundamentals.Bernard Gert - 1997 - New York: Oxford University Press. Edited by Charles M. Culver & K. Danner Clouser.
Defining irrational action in medical and psychiatric contexts.Michael Martin - 1986 - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 11 (2):179-184.

Analytics

Added to PP
2010-08-16

Downloads
32 (#431,931)

6 months
2 (#670,035)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Mike Martin
University College London

Citations of this work

Psychopathy: Morally Incapacitated Persons.Heidi Maibom - 2017 - In Thomas Schramme & Steven Edwards (eds.), Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine. Springer. pp. 1109-1129.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references