Leandro Loriga Ph.D.
Medical anthropologist and author working at the intersection of ethics, embodiment, and autonomy. His work focuses on marginalised bodies, contested identities, and the moral fault lines of medicine and society. Through fieldwork, writing, and advocacy, he explores how lived experience at the edge—whether medical, social, or legal—demands new ways of thinking about justice, care, and responsibility. This site features ongoing research, publications, and public engagement.
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.