Bioethics and Racism - by Carlo Botrugno & Marcia Mocellin Raymundo & Lucia Re (Paperback)

About the Book

This book fills a gap in bioethics and the philosophy of medicine, collecting both empirical and theoretical contributions from internationally renowned bioethicists, legal scholars, anthropologists, sociologists and physicians. Its interdisciplinar

Book Synopsis

This volume aims to explore some of the practices, conflicts, negotiations and struggles at the interplay of bioethics and racism. This requires shedding light on the hegemonic power relationships that condemn some population groups to a condition of subjugation, suffering, and oppression. By unpacking notions that have been taken for granted and dismantling rhetorics that are veiled in discourses and rationales pertaining to race and racism, we highlight possible ways in which bioethics can operate across disciplinary boundaries and strengthen its connection with equity and social justice, which also entails striving for a "bioethics in action".

About the Author

Carlo Botrugno and Lucia Re, University of Florence, Italy; Marcia Mocellin Raymundo, Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre, Brasil.