Agency and Bodily Autonomy in Systems of Care

Altman, Heidi M. (EDT); Adom, Dorcas AMA (CON); Altman, Heidi M. (CON); Berger, Jacqueline (CON); Fluech, Bryan (CON)

ISBN 10: 1666952702 / ISBN 13: 9781666952704

Published by Lexington Books, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Agency and Bodily Autonomy in Systems of Care
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1666952702
• ISBN 13: 9781666952704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Agency and Bodily Autonomy in Systems of Care examines the ways in which humans and their bodies become enmeshed in various systems of care. Seven case studies demonstrate the ways in which people lose, negotiate, establish, or impose bodily autonomy in diverse contexts. Diverse methods and perspectives from cultural and medical anthropology, bioarchaeology and public health establish the need for advocacy and policy change to improve health outcomes by re-envisioning systems of care as spaces that include room for individual agency and bodily autonomy. This volume explores diverse subjects to promote advocacy for patient-centered care and bodily autonomy, and for liberation from over-medicalization.

About the Author

Dr. Cassandra White is a cultural and medical anthropologist and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Georgia State University, where she has taught for over 20 years. She is the author of An Uncertain Cure: Living with Leprosy in Brazil (Rutgers 2009) and serves on the editorial boards of two journals, Medical Anthropology and Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews.