The future of healthcare is feminist: Philosophical feminism in health professions education

Lena Wånggren*, Gabrielle Maria Finn

*Corresponding author for this work

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Gender inequality is an ongoing issue within society at large and, more specifically, in medical and health professions education. Philosophical feminism employs philosophical methods to feminist topics and questions, and so holds the potential to illuminate ongoing issues within health professions education, such as gender bias, in new and critical ways within medical education. Philosophical feminist inquiry is motivated by desire for social justice and so, through scrutinising social, cultural, political, and economic phenomena within medical education using feminist thought, recommendations regarding confronting structural inequalities within medicine may be made. Philosophical feminism will also be considered more broadly, considering the ways in which gender intersects with issues of race, class, disability, sexuality and gender identity, and feminist theories of agency in relation to healthcare are explored. Finally, this chapter offers practical implications for considering how feminist theory manifests within contemporary healthcare curricula.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationApplied Philosophy for Health Professions Education
Subtitle of host publicationA Journey Towards Mutual Understanding
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages141-156
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9789811915123
ISBN (Print)9789811915116
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2022

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