Katrina Hutchison
Biographic Data
| ID | 6533434 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katrina Hutchison |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katrina |
| FAMILY NAME | Hutchison |
| SIGNATURE | HUTCHISON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5817-7488 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Expanding the Taxonomy of Ethical Issues in Surgical Innovation
Surgical innovation poses significant ethical challenges. Previous work has grouped these challenges under four categories: potential harms to patients; compromised informed consent; unfair allocation of healthcare resources; and conflicts of interest. We argue that recent technological developments in surgery warrant the addition of three new ethical challenges to the existing taxonomy: allocating responsibility; impact on relationships; and ris…
Epistemic Exclusion: Theorizing Dalit Feminism
Conceptual innovation is highly prized in Western Anglophone philosophy. Yet it often stems from a relatively narrow tradition that takes little account of contributions from other cultures and philosophical practices. We illustrate this point using the example of work done by Dalit feminists on identifying and addressing hermeneutical injustice. Despite their relevance, Dalit feminist contributions are virtually unknown and remain unrecognized i…
Four types of gender bias affecting women surgeons and their cumulative impact
Women are under-represented in surgery, especially in leadership and academic roles, and face a gender pay gap. There has been little work on the role of implicit biases in women’s under-representation in surgery. Nor has the impact of epistemic injustice, whereby stereotyping influences knowledge or credibility judgements, been explored. This article reports findings of a qualitative in-depth interview study with women surgeons that investigates…
Wrongdoing and responsibility in the context of cumulative harms: A response to commentators
Let me first thank Samantha Brennan, Carolyn McLeod and Brandi Braud Scully for their detailed and constructive commentaries. In this brief response I wish to highlight and engage with three main points they raise. First, I will address McLeod’s argument that female surgeons are not merely harmed, but also wronged by the forms of bias found in the study. Second, I will discuss a concern voiced by both Scully and Brennan that my emphasis on small …
Gender Bias in Medical Implant Design and Use: A Type of Moral Aggregation Problem
In this article, I describe how gender bias can affect the design, testing, clinical trials, regulatory approval, and clinical use of implantable devices. I argue that bad outcomes experienced by women patients are a cumulative consequence of small biases and inattention at various points of the design, testing, and regulatory process. However, specific instances of inattention and bias can be difficult to identify, and risks are difficult to pre…
Social Dimensions of Moral Responsibility
Philosophical theorizing about moral responsibility has recently taken a “social” turn, marking a shift in focus from traditional metaphysical concerns about free will and determinism. Yet despite this social turn, the implications of structural injustice and inequalities of power for theorizing about moral responsibility remain surprisingly neglected in philosophical literature. Recent theories have attended to the interpersonal dynamics at the …
They Know How to Work It, That’s Their Focus in Life: The Complex Role of Industry Representatives in Surgical Innovation
Relationships between health care providers and industry can generate conflicts of interest with their attendant harms. However, the types of relationships that involve conflicts of interest have often been understood narrowly as material ones between individual clinicians and industry. In research we undertook with surgical teams, we found the role of industry representatives has become normalized in the context of surgical innovation. In this a…
Hips, Knees, and Hernia Mesh: When Does Gender Matter in Surgery
This paper draws attention to gendered dimensions of surgical device failure, focusing on two case studies—hernia repair mesh for pelvic organ prolapse, and metal-on-metal hip implants. We explore possible reasons for higher rates of harms to women, including systematic biases in health research and device regulation. Given that these factors are readily identifiable, we look to feminist scholarship to understand what might maintain them, includi…
What Pacemakers Can Teach Us about the Ethics of Maintaining Artificial Organs
One day soon it may be possible to replace a failing heart, liver, or kidney with a long‐lasting mechanical replacement or perhaps even with a 3‐D printed version based on the patient's own tissue. Such artificial organs could make transplant waiting lists and immunosuppression a thing of the past. Supposing that this happens, what will the ongoing care of people with these implants involve? In particular, how will the need to maintain the functi…
Women in Philosophy: What Needs to Change?
Why are professional philosophers today still overwhelmingly male? Often it is assumed that women need ot change to fit existing institutions. This book instead offers concrete reflections on the way in which philosophy needs to change to benefit from the important contribution women's full participation makes to the discipline
Gender Bias in Medical Implant Design and Use: A Type of Moral Aggregation Problem
In this article, I describe how gender bias can affect the design, testing, clinical trials, regulatory approval, and clinical use of implantable devices. I argue that bad outcomes experienced by women patients are a cumulative consequence of small biases and inattention at various points of the design, testing, and regulatory process. However, specific instances of inattention and bias can be difficult to identify, and risks are difficult to pre…
Women in Philosophy: What Needs to Change?
Why are professional philosophers today still overwhelmingly male? Often it is assumed that women need ot change to fit existing institutions. This book instead offers concrete reflections on the way in which philosophy needs to change to benefit from the important contribution women's full participation makes to the discipline
What Pacemakers Can Teach Us about the Ethics of Maintaining Artificial Organs
One day soon it may be possible to replace a failing heart, liver, or kidney with a long‐lasting mechanical replacement or perhaps even with a 3‐D printed version based on the patient's own tissue. Such artificial organs could make transplant waiting lists and immunosuppression a thing of the past. Supposing that this happens, what will the ongoing care of people with these implants involve? In particular, how will the need to maintain the functi…
Hips, Knees, and Hernia Mesh: When Does Gender Matter in Surgery
This paper draws attention to gendered dimensions of surgical device failure, focusing on two case studies—hernia repair mesh for pelvic organ prolapse, and metal-on-metal hip implants. We explore possible reasons for higher rates of harms to women, including systematic biases in health research and device regulation. Given that these factors are readily identifiable, we look to feminist scholarship to understand what might maintain them, includi…
Social Dimensions of Moral Responsibility
Philosophical theorizing about moral responsibility has recently taken a “social” turn, marking a shift in focus from traditional metaphysical concerns about free will and determinism. Yet despite this social turn, the implications of structural injustice and inequalities of power for theorizing about moral responsibility remain surprisingly neglected in philosophical literature. Recent theories have attended to the interpersonal dynamics at the …
They Know How to Work It, That’s Their Focus in Life: The Complex Role of Industry Representatives in Surgical Innovation
Relationships between health care providers and industry can generate conflicts of interest with their attendant harms. However, the types of relationships that involve conflicts of interest have often been understood narrowly as material ones between individual clinicians and industry. In research we undertook with surgical teams, we found the role of industry representatives has become normalized in the context of surgical innovation. In this a…
Gender Bias in Medical Implant Design and Use: A Type of Moral Aggregation Problem
In this article, I describe how gender bias can affect the design, testing, clinical trials, regulatory approval, and clinical use of implantable devices. I argue that bad outcomes experienced by women patients are a cumulative consequence of small biases and inattention at various points of the design, testing, and regulatory process. However, specific instances of inattention and bias can be difficult to identify, and risks are difficult to pre…
Four types of gender bias affecting women surgeons and their cumulative impact
Women are under-represented in surgery, especially in leadership and academic roles, and face a gender pay gap. There has been little work on the role of implicit biases in women’s under-representation in surgery. Nor has the impact of epistemic injustice, whereby stereotyping influences knowledge or credibility judgements, been explored. This article reports findings of a qualitative in-depth interview study with women surgeons that investigates…
Wrongdoing and responsibility in the context of cumulative harms: A response to commentators
Let me first thank Samantha Brennan, Carolyn McLeod and Brandi Braud Scully for their detailed and constructive commentaries. In this brief response I wish to highlight and engage with three main points they raise. First, I will address McLeod’s argument that female surgeons are not merely harmed, but also wronged by the forms of bias found in the study. Second, I will discuss a concern voiced by both Scully and Brennan that my emphasis on small …
Epistemic Exclusion: Theorizing Dalit Feminism
Conceptual innovation is highly prized in Western Anglophone philosophy. Yet it often stems from a relatively narrow tradition that takes little account of contributions from other cultures and philosophical practices. We illustrate this point using the example of work done by Dalit feminists on identifying and addressing hermeneutical injustice. Despite their relevance, Dalit feminist contributions are virtually unknown and remain unrecognized i…
Expanding the Taxonomy of Ethical Issues in Surgical Innovation
Surgical innovation poses significant ethical challenges. Previous work has grouped these challenges under four categories: potential harms to patients; compromised informed consent; unfair allocation of healthcare resources; and conflicts of interest. We argue that recent technological developments in surgery warrant the addition of three new ethical challenges to the existing taxonomy: allocating responsibility; impact on relationships; and ris…
Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Diversity and Career in Medicine (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)