Alice Domurat Dreger
Alice Domurat Dreger was born in United States. Domurat Dreger attended State University of New York, Old Westbury where she received a BA and Indiana University, Bloomington where she received a MA and a PhD.
Alice Domurat Dreger is an American historian, author, and bioethicist. She was a Professor of Clinical Medical Humanities and Bioethics at Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University.
Alice engages in academic activism and works to support individuals born with atypical sex characteristics and individuals born as conjoined twins.
She works to challenge the perception that those with physical differences are "broken" in some way and need to be "fixed". She's been opposed to the use of "corrective" surgery on babies whose genitalia are considered to be "ambiguous".
Alice has also criticized the failure to follow up with such patients later on in life and reported their longer-term psychological and medical difficulties experienced by some of the people whose sex has been arbitrarily assigned.
Alice has been a featured speaker at TED talks. She's also worked as a journalist, founding East Lansing Info, a website that covers local affairs in East Lansing, Michigan.
While she was doing her doctoral work, she became interested in the why and how it is that scientists and medical doctors work to mediate the relationships between ourselves and our bodies—and taking it a step further why it is exactly that we often look to medical doctors and scientists to read or even alter our bodies.
Alice has also criticized the prenatal usage of dexamethasone to normalize female genitalia in cases of congenital adrenal hyperplasia and attempted to charge that its safety hasn't been tested sufficiently by Maria New (a pediatrician).
Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and One Scholar's Search For Justice is a powerful defense of intellectual freedom told through the ordeals of contemporary scientists attacked for exploring their controversial ideas, by a noted medical activist and science historian.
An investigation of some of the most contentious debates of our time, this book describes Alice's experiences on the front lines of scientific controversy, where for 2 decades she's worked as an advocate for victims of unethical research as she also defends the right of scientists to pursue challenging research into human identities.
Alice's own efforts to reconcile academic freedom with the pursuit of justice grew out of her research into the treatment of people born intersex (which used to be called hermaphrodites). The shocking history of surgical mutilation and ethical abuses conducted in the name of "normalizing" intersex children moved her to become a patient rights activist. By bringing evidence to the public and physicians, Alice helped change the medical system.
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Alice Domurat Dreger: F.A.Q
Where was Alice Domurat Dreger Born?
Alice Domurat Dreger was born in United States and is American.
What was the first book Alice Domurat Dreger wrote?
The first book written by Alice Domurat Dreger was Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex, published in 1998.
What was the most recent book Alice Domurat Dreger wrote?
Her most recently released work was The Talk (a short story) on April 17th, 2016.
Are there upcoming new books by Alice Domurat Dreger?
Alice Domurat Dreger does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.
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How many books has Alice Domurat Dreger written?
Alice Domurat Dreger has written 6 books excluding contributions to anthologies. All of her books are Non-Fiction Books.