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Document 0878
DOCN M9550878
TI Homophobia and the moral authority of medicine.
DT 9505
AU Wilkerson A; Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at
Chicago; 60607-7115.
SO J Homosex. 1994;27(3-4):329-47. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/95164954
AB This essay identifies ways in which medicine expresses and legitimizes
homophobic values. Examples of such homophobia are identified in the
treatment of people with HIV, moralistic interpretations of people with
AIDS, certain conceptions about ways in which HIV is transmitted, media
representations of AIDS, and even in the way in which medicine's
objectivity reinforces a moral view inimical to gay men, lesbians, and
bisexuals. It is concluded that the notion of medical objectivity and
traditional conceptions of the ethics of health care hinder an
appreciation of the ways in which medicine presumes and perpetuates
homophobic values.
DE Adult *Attitude of Health Personnel Bisexuality/PSYCHOLOGY Ethics,
Medical *Fear Female Homosexuality, Female/*PSYCHOLOGY
Homosexuality, Male/*PSYCHOLOGY Human HIV
Infections/*PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Male *Morals Risk Factors Social
Values JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIAL
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).