The meaning of awaiting bariatric surgery due to morbid obesity

Open Nursing Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-8

  Engström, My ^a   Wiklund, Malin ^a   Olsén, Monika Fagevik ^a   Lönroth, Hans ^a   Forsberg, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Awaiting surgery; Inside perspective; Morbid obesity; Phenomenological hermeneutics method

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051942285     PISSN: 18744346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874434601105010001     Document Type: Article

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