Mahowald, Mary Briody

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MAHOWALD, Mary Briody

MAHOWALD, Mary Briody. American, b. 1935. Genres: Medicine/Health, Philosophy, Women's studies and issues. Career: Schoolteacher in NYC, 1955-65; St. Joseph's College, Brooklyn, NY, instructor in philosophy, 1969-70; Villanova University, PA, assistant professor of philosophy, 1970-72; Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, assistant professor to associate professor of philosophy, 1972-82; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, associate professor, 1982-89, professor of philosophy and biomedical ethics, 1989-90, Mather Visiting Professor, 1984-85, co-director of Center for Biomedical Ethics, 1985-88; Oberlin College, visiting professor, 1988; University of Chicago, IL, professor, 1990-2000, professor emerita, 2000-; Stanford University, visiting professor emerita, 2002-. Publications: An Idealistic Pragmatism, 1972; Women and Children in Health Care: An Unequal Majority, 1993; (with A. Silvers and D. Wasserman) Disability, Difference Discrimination: Perspectives on Justice in Bioethics and Public Policy, 1998; Genes, Women, Equality, 2000. EDITOR: Philosophy of Woman: Classical to Current Concepts, 1978, 3rd ed., 1994; (with V. McKusick, A. Scheuerle, and T. Aspinwall) Genetics in the Clinic: Clinical, Ethical and Social Issues for Primary Care, 2001. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to professional journals. Address: MC 2050, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637-1470, U.S.A. Online address: mm46@midway.uchicago.edu

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