Stigmatization of overweight patients by nurses

Qualitative Report

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1330-1351

  Creel, Eileen ^a   Tillman, Ken ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing chronic illness; Obesity; Phenomenology; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052654822     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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