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Social Class and Medical Decisionmaking: A Neglected Topic in Bioethics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1998

BETTY WOLDER LEVIN  and
NINA GLICK SCHILLER
BETTY WOLDER LEVIN
Affiliation:
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York
NINA GLICK SCHILLER
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
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Abstract

As part of an effort to look at “what differences make a difference” for bioethicists interested in clinical decisionmaking, Erik Parens, the editor of this special section, asked us to look at social class. When we began our research for this paper, we were surprised to find that although bioethicists have written much on social class and such macrolevel issues as access to healthcare and the distribution of scarce resources, and have paid some attention to the effects of class on patient-provider relationships, bioethicists have written little specifically that looks at the implications of social class for medical decisions in individual cases.

Type
SPECIAL SECTION: DIFFERENCE AND THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 41 - 56
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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