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Feminist Approaches to Medical Aid in Dying: Identifying a Path Forward
New Directions in the Ethics of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia (2023)
  • Jennifer Parks
Abstract
This essay addresses feminist approaches to medical aid in dying (MAID), considering whether it is a practice that should be supported for women and other marginalized groups. Some feminists have raised rights and justice-based arguments in support of MAID; others have taken a care-based approach to suggest that the practice violates relationships of care and only worsens distrust between marginalized groups and the medical establishment. I argue that we need to adopt both justice and care approaches to develop a robust feminist account of MAID. I defend a woman’s right to choose death in cases of terminal illness or suffering but argue that relational concerns of care, trust, and trustworthiness must be addressed at the same time to ensure that MAID is justly practiced and accessible to all those who want it.

Keywords
  • euthanasia,
  • health,
  • gender,
  • hospitals
Disciplines
Publication Date
March 4, 2023
Editor
Michael Cholbi, Jukka Varelius
Publisher
Springer Cham
Series
The International Library of Bioethics
ISBN
978-3-031-25314-0
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25315-7_14
Citation Information
Jennifer Parks. "Feminist Approaches to Medical Aid in Dying: Identifying a Path Forward" New Directions in the Ethics of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia (2023)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jennifer-parks/23/