Risk, harm and intervention: The case of child obesity

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 191-200

  Merry, Michael S ^a   Voigt, Kristin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Intervention; Obesity; Parental autonomy; Risk; Stigma

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; COMPLICATION; ETHICS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RISK FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RISK FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84897571301     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-013-9531-z     Document Type: Article

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