Agency and Bodily Autonomy in Systems of Care
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A32=Anne O. Odusanya
A32=Bryan Fluech
A32=Cindi SturtzSreetharan
A32=Dorcas Ama Adom
A32=Heidi M. Altman
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A32=Jennifer Sweeney Tookes
A32=Stacy W. Smallwood
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- ISBN 9781666952704
- Weight: 485g
- Dimensions: 159 x 237mm
- Publication Date: 20 Mar 2024
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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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.
Heidi M. Altman is associate professor of anthropology at Georgia Southern University.
