Bioethics and rural health: theorizing place, space, and subjects

The field of bioethics has been criticized for its universalizing tendencies, attributed in a large part to its foundations in moral philosophy and the level of abstraction of much bioethical discourse. Efforts to particularize bioethics have included the “turn toward casuistry”, the emergence of fe...

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Published in:Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 56; no. 11; pp. 2277 - 2288
Main Author: Kelly, Susan E
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2003
Elsevier
Pergamon Press Inc
Series:Social Science & Medicine
Subjects:
Bioethics
Bioethics Rural health Genetic services Place
Casuistry
Children
Discourse
Ethics
Ethics, Institutional
Ethnography
Female
Feminism
Genetic disorders
Genetic services
Genetic Services - ethics
Genetic Services - organization & administration
Genetics
Geography
Health
Health care
Health Care Services
Humans
Kentucky
Location
Medicine
Organizational Culture
Place
Power
Power (Psychology)
Qualitative Research
Rural Areas
Rural health
Rural Health Services - ethics
Rural Health Services - organization & administration
Social sciences
Sociology, Medical
Space
Theory
USA
Vulnerable Populations
Kentucky
Bioethics
Rural health
Genetic services
Place
Empirical Approach
Bioethics and Professional Ethics
Genetics and Reproduction
ISSN:0277-9536, 1873-5347
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Summary:The field of bioethics has been criticized for its universalizing tendencies, attributed in a large part to its foundations in moral philosophy and the level of abstraction of much bioethical discourse. Efforts to particularize bioethics have included the “turn toward casuistry”, the emergence of feminist and disability rights critiques of mainstream bioethics, and ethnographic contributions that examine the situatedness of ethical acts, practices, and meanings in local contexts. Such work introduces into bioethics dimensions of space, place, and time; nonetheless, these remain relatively unexplored as constitutive elements and/or influences of the phenomena of ethics discourse and ethics-related practices. Drawing from an ethnographic study of genetics in rural health, this paper presents a sociological discussion of space/time and bioethics through examination of rural health settings. Issues raised include intersections of spatial and power relations, socio-spatial gradients of expertise, and socio-spatial dimensions of ethics knowledge and practices within medical settings.
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ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00227-7