@inbook{69f3a73ef61644edaa45d09462007dbd,
title = "'I thought I was going to die': bodily autonomy and the misuse of restrictive practices in aged care and youth detention settings",
abstract = "This chapter examines issues concerning bodily autonomy of older people and children and the use of restrictive practices in aged care and youth detention settings in Australia. Working within the broad theme of advancing agency, choice, and dignity in institutional environments, we examine the reasons for existing failures to uphold people{\textquoteright}s right to bodily autonomy. We examine whether the law supports people in these settings at either end of the lifespan, what is the impact of the failure to uphold the right to bodily autonomy. As such the aim of the chapter is modest - we seek to observe and identify commonalities with a view to further exploration and research in this area.",
author = "Teresa Somes and Holly Doel-Mackaway",
note = "Copyright the Author(s) 2025. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.",
year = "2025",
doi = "10.4324/9781003429340-33",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781032551692",
series = "Routledge Advances in Sociology",
publisher = "Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group",
pages = "320--334",
editor = "Anna Wanka and Tabea Freutel-Funke and Sabine Andresen and Frank Oswald",
booktitle = "Linking ages",
address = "United Kingdom",
}