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Bioethics and Women: Across the Life Span MARY BRIODY MAHOWALD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Bioethics and Women This page intentionally left blank Bioethics and Women Across the Life Span MARY BRIODY MAHOWALD 1 2006 1 OxfordUniversityPress,Inc.,publishesworksthatfurther OxfordUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellence inresearch,scholarship,andeducation. Oxford NewYork Auckland CapeTown DaresSalaam HongKong Karachi KualaLumpur Madrid Melbourne MexicoCity Nairobi NewDelhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto Withofficesin Argentina Austria Brazil Chile CzechRepublic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore SouthKorea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright#2006byOxfordUniversityPress,Inc. PublishedbyOxfordUniversityPress,Inc. 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NewYork10016 www.oup.com OxfordisaregisteredtrademarkofOxfordUniversityPress Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced, storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans, electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise, withoutthepriorpermissionofOxfordUniversityPress. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Mahowald,MaryBriody. Bioethicsandwomen:AcrosstheLifeSpan/MaryBriodyMahowald. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN-13978-0-19-517617-9 ISBN0-19-517617-0 1. Medicalethics. 2. Bioethics. 3. Feminism—Moral andethicalaspects. 4. Women—Healthandhygiene. I. Title. R725.5.M342006 176—dc22 2006040004 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica onacid-freepaper In loving memory of my mother and my sister and for all of our daughters This page intentionally left blank ACKNOWLEDGMENTS MythanksareduefirsttoAnneDrapkinLyerly,whomighthavebeenmycoauthorif otherobligationshadn’tintervenedinthetask.Anniewas,inasense,myinspiration for writing the book. Later on, Lisa Harris, another obstetrician-gynecologist, re- viewed a great deal of the manuscript, and provided me with extremely helpful suggestions. Thanks tooto various members ofthe faculty inthe Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the Uni- versityofChicago,whichhasbeenmyacademichomesince1990.Theseincludebut are not limited to Sarah Adams, Daniel Brauner, David Cohen, Ismail Mahmoud, ErnstLengyel,WilliamMeadow,MauraQuinlan,JaideepSingh,andDianeYamada. Thewillingnessoftheseclinicianstoreviewmaterial,discusscases,andanswermy questionshassurelymadethebookmoreclinicallycrediblethanitwouldotherwise be.KennethIserson,fromtheUniversityofArizonaCollegeofMedicine,hasalso beenhelpfulinthisregard.Othermembersofmydepartmentwhoperformedtasks forwhichtheyhadbetterexpertisethanIincludeSteveGadzinski,GailIsenberg,and BeatriceMerigold. I am grateful to members of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at Stanford University,withwhomIspentmostoftheacademicyear2001–2002workingonthe bookandenjoyingmyinteractionswiththem.Duringthistime,Ialsobenefitedby detailedandthoughtfulsuggestionsfromanonymousreviewersatOxfordUniversity Press. Because I spent the first part of my academic career in a philosophy depart- ment, the content of Bioethics and Women has undoubtedly been influenced by viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS philosopherswhoseworkIread,especiallythosewhohavedaredtofocusonissues of particular relevance to women. I have long counted Alison Jaggar, Rosemarie Tong,JoanCallahan,andLauraPurdyinthisgroup.InadditiontoLaura,Jennifer Parks,NancySnow,andSaraGoehringhavebeengenerousenoughtoreviewparts of the manuscript and give me helpful feedback. Jeffrey House was my first contact at Oxford, and as with previous books, he handledtheprojectwiselyandefficiently,particularlywhenIworriedaboutlosing acoauthorandbeingunabletomeetOxford’sdeadline.PeterOhlin,whopickedup the baton from Jeff, has proved a worthy successor, ably assisted by Lara Zoble. Cynthia Garver did an excellent job of copyediting, and Linda Donnelly, the pro- duction editor, facilitated the project not only through her helpful suggestions but alsothrougheaseofcontact.Twopeopleofferedrelevantphotosorsketchesforthe book’s jacket: Annette Mendola, whom I hope someday to thank in person, and GermaineWieman,alongtimefriend,whomIwillthankinpersonsometimesoon. Last but definitely not least, I want to thank Tony, my life partner and best friend,whohasnotonlycontributedtothebookthroughhislovingsupportofme, ourchildren,andmywork,butalsobyhelpingmetoavoidmistakesinhisareaof expertise, developmental biology and genetics.
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