Author | Alice Dreger |
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Language | English |
Subject | Medicine and health sciences |
Publisher | Penguin Press |
Publication date | 2015 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Paperback and Hardback) |
Pages | 352 |
ISBN | 978-1-59420-608-5 |
Galileo's Middle Finger is a 2015 book about the ethics of medical research by Alice Dreger, an American bioethicist and author.[1] Dreger explores the relationship between science and social justice by discussing a number of scientific controversies. These include the debates surrounding intersex genital surgery, autogynephilia, and anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon's work.