Family themes of food refusal: Disciplining the body and punishing the family

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-58

  Chan, Zenobia C Y ^a,b   Ma, Joyce L C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b United College   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PUNISHMENT;

EID: 0036368813     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993302753428429     Document Type: Article

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