Leandro Loriga Ph.D.

Medical anthropologist and author exploring the ethical edges of medicine, identity, and embodiment.

Body Integrity Dysphoria and the Ethical Dilemma of On-Demand Amputation

A groundbreaking exploration of the ethics, identity, and autonomy behind Body Integrity Dysphoria (BID). Drawing on original fieldwork and medical interviews, this book examines the moral challenges of BID’s classification in ICD-11, the contested role of elective amputation, and the shifting boundaries between health, impairment, and self-determination in modern medicine.

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