Disability, bioethics, and rejected knowledge.
In this article I explore disability as far more than individual private tragedy, suggesting it has a social location and reproduction. Within this context we look at the power relations associated with bioethics and its largely uncritical use of the biomedical model. Within that context the topics of genetics, euthanasia, and biotechnology are explored. In examining these topics a social account of disability is proposed as rejected knowledge. Accordingly we explore the political nature of bioethics as a project.
Newell
Christopher
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Medical Education Unit, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 73, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia. Christopher.Newell@utas.edu.au
D001293:Attitude to Death; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000941:ethics*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005820:Genetic Testing / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice