The weight of the word: Knowing silences in obesity research

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1686-1696

  Warin, Megan J ^a   Gunson, Jessica S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

embodiment bodily experiences; obesity overweight; power empowerment; reflexivity; relationships

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA;

COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84887864475     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732313509894     Document Type: Article

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