Extreme Weight Loss : : Life Before and After Bariatric Surgery / / Sarah Trainer, Amber Wutich, Alexandra Brewis.
A study that explores patients’ perspectives on a life-altering surgeryBariatric surgery rates around the world have increased exponentially over the past decade. In Extreme Weight Loss, anthropologists Sarah Trainer, Alexandra Brewis, and Amber Wutich provide us with an inside look at how patients...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 5 b/w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Weight as Pathology
- 2 Weight as Judgment
- 3 Weight Loss as Success
- 4 Weight, Worry, and Surveillance
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A Ethnographic Methods
- Appendix B The Survey
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Authors