Medical Entanglements - Rethinking Feminist Debates about Healthcare (Hardcover)

Medical Entanglements uses intersectional feminist, queer, and crip theory to move beyond “for or against� approaches to medical intervention. Using a series of case studies – sex-confirmation surgery, pharmaceutical treatments for sexual dissatisfaction, and weight loss interventions – the book argues that, because of systemic inequality, most mainstream medical interventions will simultaneously reinforce social inequality and alleviate some individual suffering. The book demonstrates that there is no way to think ourselves out of this conundrum as the contradictions are a product of unjust systems. Thus, Gupta argues that feminist activists and theorists should allow individuals to choose whether to use a particular intervention, while directing their social justice efforts at dismantling systems of oppression and at ensuring that all people, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, class, or ability, have access to the basic resources required to flourish.  

General

Imprint:	Rutgers University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2019
First published:	2020
Authors:	Kristina Gupta
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	190
ISBN-13:	978-1-978806-60-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General
LSN:	1-978806-60-4
Barcode:	9781978806603

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