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.

Info autore

Heidi M. Altman is associate professor of anthropology at Georgia Southern University.Heidi M. Altman is associate professor of anthropology at Georgia Southern University.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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Heidi M Altman (Editore), Heidi M. Altman (Editore), Altman Heidi M. (Editore)
• Autori: Heidi M Altman, Heidi M. Altman
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 15.03.2024
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale
• EAN: 9781666952704
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-270-4
• Numero di pagine: 196
• Serie: Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
• Categorie: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Agency, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Social and cultural anthropology, Medicalization, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Medical Anthropology, Stigmatization, Biopower, Bodily autonomy, Medical Institutions, Gender and autonomy