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

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