Intragastric balloon: Ethics, medical need and cosmetics

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-48

  Kotzampassi, Katerina ^a,b   Shrewsbury, Anne D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Cultural mores; Ethical dilemma; Intragastric balloon; Obesity; Personal integrity

Indexed keywords

BALLOON; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; MORBID OBESITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBESITY; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIGMA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

BIOETHICS; COSMETICS; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 37349085909     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109386     Document Type: Review

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