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Speaking Truth to Power
Author(s) -
Lindemann Hilde
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1353/hcr.0.0215
Subject(s) - bioethics , power (physics) , prestige , sociology , law , psychology , political science , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics
his thoughtful and wide-ranging Future of Bioethics, Howard Brody sets out a program designed to keep bioethicists busy for at least the next twenty years. Reflecting critically on his own status as a male physician who enjoys a certain degree of social prestige, Brody calls on bioethicists to follow feminist ethics in attending closely to the operation of social power, not only within the practice of medicine, but also within their own work. His call for a