Dis-appearance and dys-appearance anew: Living with excess skin and intestinal changes following weight loss surgery

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 507-523

  Groven, Karen Synne ^a   Råheim, Målfrid ^b   Engelsrud, Gunn ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dys appearance; Excess skin; Inner body; Phenomenology of the body; Surface body; Weight loss surgery; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INTESTINES; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879782339     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-012-9397-5     Document Type: Article

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