Anorexia nervosa and personal identity: The accounts of patients and their parents

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 533-548

  Tan, Jacinta O A ^a,c   Hope, Tony ^a   Stewart, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY WEIGHT; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0142156014     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(03)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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