The Goals of Medicine

Debate and Disagreements Around Contraceptive Side Effects

verfasst von

Ilvie Prince

Abstract

Since the invention of hormonal contraceptives, there has been disagreement between users and providers about the existence of side effects and their implications for care. The lack of consideration for cisgender women, and other people who may become pregnant, has often been explained by sexist bias in the philosophy of medicine. My goal is to contribute additional elements to this discussion. I will argue that there are structurally embedded assumptions about the responsibilities and goals of medicine that open the door to this sexism in the first place. While we tend to accept that contraception is part of medicine for pragmatic reasons, we do not exhibit the same form of pragmatism when it comes to dealing with side effects. This is an unjustified double standard that fails to recognize the goals of contraception and the fact that it relies on medical expertise to achieve them.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Philosophie
Graduiertenkolleg 2073/1

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Band

33

Seiten

327-358

Anzahl der Seiten

32

ISSN

1054-6863

Publikationsdatum

12.2023

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Probleme, Ethik und rechtliche Aspekte, Gesundheit (Sozialwissenschaften), Health policy, Wissenschaftsgeschichte und -philosophie

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 3 – Gute Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1353/ken.2023.a931050 (Zugang: Geschlossen)