Empowerment and bariatric surgery: Negotiations of credibility and control

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-77

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

health promotion; interviews; longitudinal studies; obesity overweight; power empowerment; social constructionism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF HELP; SOCIAL STIGMA; STANDARD;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OBESITY, MORBID; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84870029840     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732312465966     Document Type: Article

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