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

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

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

• Autori: Heidi M Altman, Heidi M. Altman
• Con la collaborazione di: Heidi M Altman (Editore), Heidi M. Altman (Editore), Altman Heidi M. (Editore)
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.03.2024
• EAN: 9781666952704
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-270-4
• Pagine: 196
• Serie: Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; 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