The Controversy Over Pediatric Bariatric Surgery: An Explorative Study on Attitudes and Normative Beliefs of Specialists, Parents, and Adolescents With Obesity

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-237

  van Geelen, Stefan M ^a   Bolt, Ineke L E ^b   van der Baan Slootweg, Olga H ^c   van Summeren, Marieke J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Childhood Obesity Centre Heideheuvel   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Obesity; Pediatrics; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; ETHICS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMANS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

EID: 84879138900     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-013-9440-0     Document Type: Article

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