Physician heal thyself', Part 1: A qualitative analysis of an online debate about clinicians' bodyweight

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-27

  Monaghan, Lee F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accounts; Clinicians; Fatness; Obesity; The Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149136570     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2008.21     Document Type: Article

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