Caught between conduct and free choice - a field study of an empowering programme in lifestyle change for obese patients

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-133

  Knutsen, Ingrid Ruud ^a,b   Foss, Christina ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Governmentality; Lifestyle change; Obesity; Power; Technologies of the self

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FREEDOM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FREEDOM; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79951522807     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2010.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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