Happy re-birthday: Weight loss surgery and the 'new me'

Body and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-133

  Throsby, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discipline; Identity; Obesity; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749120861     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X07087534     Document Type: Article

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