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Disfigured anatomies and imperfect analogies: body integrity identity disorder and the supposed right to self-demanded amputation of healthy body parts
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- Published on: 18 May 2017
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Body integrity identity disorder is a very rare condition where sufferers experience longstanding anguish because there is a mismatch between their bodies, and their internal image of how their bodies should be. Most typically, the person is deeply distressed by the presence of what they openly acknowledge as a perfectly normal leg. Some sufferers request their limb be amputated.1 We and others have argued that such req...
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