The stigma of "mental" illness: End stage anorexia and treatment refusal

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 627-634

  Campbell, Amy T ^a   Aulisio, Mark P ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Ethics; Law

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ANOREXIA; CASE REPORT; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STIGMA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL STIGMA; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84862212869     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22002     Document Type: Review

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