Obesity, the Jews and psychoanalysis: On shaping the category of obesity

History of Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 055-066

  Gilman, Sander L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hilde Bruch; Jewish identity; Obesity; Psychoanalysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERMANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; JEW; OBESITY; PSYCHOANALYSIS;

GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; JEWS; OBESITY; PSYCHOANALYSIS;

EID: 32944479570     PISSN: 0957154X     EISSN: 17402360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957154X06058595     Document Type: Article

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