'I've put weight on cos I've bin inactive, cos I've 'ad me knee done': Moral work in the obesity clinic

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 854-871

  Webb, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Doctor patient interaction; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 70350231786     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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