Morbidly obese patients and lifestyle change: Constructing ethical selves

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 348-358

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

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Foucault; Health education; Obesity; Postmodernism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BEHAVIOR; BIOETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; NORWAY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 80455177312     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2011.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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