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- Title
Archiving medical violence: Consent and the carceral state.
- Authors
Khan, Aisha
- Abstract
"Archiving Medical Violence: Consent and the Carceral State" by Christopher Perreira explores the historical relationship between criminalization, racism, and medical knowledge and practice. The book examines four case studies of medical violence in Hawaii, Louisiana, Los Angeles, and Guatemala, highlighting the connections between bodies, lives, and power. Perreira argues that state-sanctioned forms of medical violence are rooted in ideas of scientific and national progress, and that prisoner-patients become devalued expendables that contribute to medical and public health subjects. The book emphasizes the importance of memory, culture, and critique in understanding and challenging medical violence, and calls for greater attention to subaltern social critique in medical scholarship.
- Subjects
INFORMED consent (Medical law); MEDICAL writing; QUALITY of life; MEDICAL periodicals; PUBLIC health officers; COMMUNICABLE diseases
- Publication
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 2024, Vol 38, Issue 2, p256
- ISSN
0745-5194
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/maq.12851