Ethical issues of obesity surgery-a health technology assessment

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1469-1476

  Saarni, Samuli I ^a,b   Anttila, Heidi ^a   Saarni, Suoma E ^a,c   Mustajoki, Pertti ^e   Koivukangas, Vesa ^d   Ikonen, Tuija S ^a   Malmivaara, Antti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c City of Helsinki   (Finland)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Ethics; Health technology assessment; Obesity surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EATING HABIT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBID OBESITY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; DIET; HUMANS; OBESITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 80052381076     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-011-0386-1     Document Type: Review

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