Epistemological and ethical assessment of obesity bias in industrialized countries

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Azétsop, Jacquineau ^a   Joy, Tisha R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CULTURE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; PREJUDICE;

EID: 84857789076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17475341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-5341-6-16     Document Type: Article

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