"A Disconnect Between What She Wanted To Do And Her Ability To Act Upon It": Complexities Of Agency In Discourses Of Treatment For Youth With Eating Disorders
Abstract:This project analyzes the discourses circulating about young people with eating disorders (ED) in popular and legal materials. Through use of discourse analysis through a Foucauldian lens, I have determined major themes in how we make sense of involuntary treatment, in particular. In analyzing cases from the Ontario Consent and Capacity Board (CCB) and newspaper articles from The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun, and National Post I drew out common narratives and themes. Agency, not sur… Show more
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