Feminism and the ethics of care

Prof D Knapp van Bogaert; G A Ogunbanjo

Feminism and the ethics of care

Prof D Knapp van Bogaert Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics University of the Witwatersrand
G A Ogunbanjo University of Limpopo

Keywords: feminism, autonomy, maternalism

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

Author Biographies

Prof D Knapp van Bogaert, Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics University of the Witwatersrand

PhD, DPhil Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

G A Ogunbanjo, University of Limpopo

Ogunbanjo GA, MBBS, FCFP(SA), MFamMed, FACRRM, FACTM, FAFP(SA) a Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg b Department of Family Medicine and PHC, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), Pretoria

Issue

Vol 51, No 2 - March/April 2009

Section

CPD

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