About the Publication
The newly released book Body Integrity Dysphoria and the Ethical Dilemma of On-Demand Amputation: Redefining Wholeness, Identity, Autonomy, and the Moral Boundaries of the Human Body offers a pioneering perspective on one of the most complex moral questions in contemporary medical ethics.
The work delves into Body Integrity Dysphoria (BID) – a rare and deeply controversial condition now recognized in the ICD-11 – and examines the dilemmas faced by both patients and the medical community. BID is characterized by a persistent desire to acquire a physical impairment, most often through amputation, forcing medicine to confront the limits of bodily autonomy and ethical care.
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Through a combination of anthropological fieldwork, medical insight, and ethical reflection, this volume challenges traditional notions of wholeness, health, and functionality. It explores fundamental questions around:
The relationship between autonomy and embodiment
The moral responsibility of medicine
The boundaries between normalcy and pathology
By drawing from medicine, psychology, sociology, and philosophy, the book situates BID within a broader cultural and ethical context, urging readers to reconsider what it means to be whole, well, and self-determined.
Why This Book Matters
This publication pushes beyond conventional frameworks of medical decision-making, asking to what extent an individual – considered mentally and physically sound – can dispose of their own body within modern clinical paradigms.
It raises profound questions about freedom, ethics, and responsibility, and about how society negotiates the tension between compassion, medical integrity, and the right to self-definition.
For clinicians, ethicists, and researchers, it represents a critical reference point in the evolving dialogue between identity, medicine, and moral philosophy.
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📘 Available now via SpringerLink:
👉 Body Integrity Dysphoria and the Ethical Dilemma of On-Demand Amputation – Springer.com
