Configuring bariatric bodies: exploring obesity surgery beyond the hospital
Bariatric surgery (surgery for obesity) is, in many cases, the last resort for the clinically overweight. Drawing on ethnographic materials in a unit of morbid obesity, this article explores how "bariatric bodies" are configured so that bariatric surgery is a sustainable solution beyond th...
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| Language: | Catalan |
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Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
2006-11-01
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| Series: | Athenea Digital |
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| Online Access: | http://antalya.uab.es/athenea/num10/sanz.pdf |