Medical Entanglements: Rethinking Feminist Debates about Healthcare

by Kristina Gupta

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978806590
• ISBN13: 9781978806597
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher