Amputees & Wannabes

When I think about voluntary amputations, I can hardly remember how I felt fifteen years ago.

What do doctors typically say when confronted with someone who wishes to amputate a perfectly healthy limb?

I first became aware of voluntary amputation in 1998, when I got a telephone call from a producer at the BBC.

When I first told my grandmother that I had started studying people who want to amputate their arms or legs, she was disgusted.

In September of last year, I asked photographer Brian Lee to visit a man with an unusual past.

Do No Harm: winner of the Association of British Science Writers award for investigative journalism.