I enjoyed this book for its elegant and systematic argumentation, sensitively presented case studies, and treatment of philosophical subtleties. Self-Trust and Reproductive Autonomy is highly original and very readable.
Elisabeth Boetzkes, Department of Philosophy and Women's Studies Programme, McMaster University
All too rarely does a bioethicist manage not only to develop a new theoretical concept but also to apply it successfully in the realm of health care. Carolyn McLeod provides a brilliant feminist analysis of the novel concept of self-trust and its relationship to women's sense of reproductive autonomy. McLeod's book will help health care practitioners in the field of obstetrics to work with pregnant women in a manner that leaves women in confident charge of their bodies. Moreover, McLeod's book will help the general reader understand important moral issues surrounding miscarriage, infertility treatment, and prenatal diagnosis.
Rosemarie Tong, Department of Philosophy and Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
This book makes an impressive and significant contribution to the philosophical literatures on trust and autonomy. It also shows why bioethicists and health care practitioners must develop a more complex understanding of autonomy in order to promote the autonomy of patients who are subject to oppressive social conditions.
Catriona MacKenzie, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
McLeod's exploration of the connection between self-trust and autonomy in the context of reproductive choice makes an important contribution to the feminist project of reconceiving autonomy as relational. Because it is richly grounded in real-life case studies, the book has much to offer the practitioner as well as the theorist.
Karen Jones, Department of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
A significant advance in philosophical thinking about moral autonomy that's both solidly grounded theoretically and practically relevant too. Written with admirable clarity, this work should be a pleasure both to learn from and teach.
Anne Donchin, Elismerita Professor of Philosophy, Indiana University, Indianapolis