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Book SynopsisProposing a philosophical framework for the treatment of children with intersex conditions - one that acknowledges the intertwined identities of parents, children, and their doctors, this book presents a persuasive moral argument for collective responsibility to these children and their families.
Trade ReviewRich with cross-discipline potential, Feder's engaging argument should provide a new approach for doctors and parents caring for children with atypical sex anatomy.
* Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) *
Feder's book is a welcome injection of new ideas into feminist scholarship on intersex, post-Consensus Statement era.
* Women's Review of Books *
Is a work of philosophy capable of bringing insightful new perspectives or illuminating and forceful arguments to an urgent social matter so as truly to effect a felt change in the lives of people concerned by it? Feder's book is capable of this effect. As such, it takes the risk of calling forth a new public, or a new readership, and so is a work whose appeal could well be ahead of its time. But its time should be here.
* International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics *
Making Sense of Intersex significantly enhances our understanding of intersex and the ethical issues involved in medical practice more generally.
* Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal *
Making Sense of Intersex is an impressive call for change. As such it is in conversation with intersex activist and scholarly work.
* philoSOPHIA *
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Disciplinary Limits: Philosophy, Bioethics, and the Medical Management of Atypical Sex
1. The Trouble with Intersex: History Lessons
2. "In Their Best Interests": Parents' Experience of Atypical Sex Anatomy in Children
3. Tilting the Ethical Lens: Shame, Disgust, and the Body in Question
4. Reassigning Ambiguity: Parental Decisions and the Matter of Harm
5. A Question of Ethics as/or a Question of Culture: The Problem of What Is and What Ought to Be
6. Neutralizing Morality: Nondirective Counseling of Parents of Children with Intersex Conditions, 2006-
7. Practicing Virtue: A Parental Duty
8. Protecting Vulnerability: An Imperative of Care
Conclusion. Lessons from Physicians
Notes
References
Index
