Essays about: "Body Integrity Dysphoria"

Found 1 essay containing the words Body Integrity Dysphoria.

  1. 1. The ethical permissibility to perform disabling surgeries on autonomous BID sufferers

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Rut Vinterkvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Body Integrity Dysphoria; Bioethics; Autonomy; Decisionmaking competence; Voluntary disabilities; Bioethical principles;

    Abstract : Body Integrity Dysphoria (BID) is a rare condition where a person has a desire to become disabled. This desire creates distress so intense that some request, and in a few cases have received, disabling surgery. READ MORE