The (dis)embodied, self in anorexia nervosa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 479-489

  Lester, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction and recovery; Anorexia nervosa; Culture and psychiatry; Philosophies of the self

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0031029892     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00166-9     Document Type: Article

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