What do patients, families and society expect from the bariatric surgeon?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-85

  Cowan Jr , George S M ^a,b  

^a Intl Fed for the Surg of Obesity

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Harassment; Morbid obesity; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY; STEREOTYPY;

ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 6844266261     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089298765555105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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