Agency and Bodily Autonomy in Systems of Care

Agency and Bodily Autonomy in Systems of Care examines how humans and their bodies become enmeshed in systems of care. This book establishes the need for advocacy and policy change to improve health outcomes by re-envisioning systems of care as spaces that include individual agency and bodily autonomy.

About the author

Edited by Heidi M. Altman - Contributions by Dorcas Ama Adom; Heidi M. Altman; Jacqueline Berger; Bryan Fluech; Anne O. Odusanya; Tobi Oloyede; Stacy W. Smallwood; Cindi SturtzSreetharan; Jennifer Sweeney Tookes; Cassandra White and Tracy Yandle

Summary

Agency and Bodily Autonomy in Systems of Care examines how humans and their bodies become enmeshed in systems of care. This book establishes the need for advocacy and policy change to improve health outcomes by re-envisioning systems of care as spaces that include individual agency and bodily autonomy.

Product details

• Authors: Heidi M Altman, Heidi M. Altman
• Assisted by: Heidi M Altman (Editor), Heidi M. Altman (Editor), Altman Heidi M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2024
• EAN: 9781666952704
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-270-4
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Social and cultural anthropology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects