Feminism and the ethics of care

D. Knapp van Bogaert; G.A. Ogunbanjo

doi:10.1080/20786204.2009.10873822

SAFP CPD Program: CPD Article

Feminism and the ethics of care

D. Knapp van Bogaert, G.A. Ogunbanjo

About the author(s)

D. Knapp van Bogaert, Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
G.A. Ogunbanjo, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, South Africa

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Abstract

In a world where the physician-patient relationship is dominated by “male” values of autonomy and rights, space must be given to the no less important “feminine” values of care and connectivity. Both are necessary and complementary.

Keywords

feminism; autonomy; maternalism

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