Obesity surgery stories of altered lives /
Meana, Marta
Obesity surgery stories of altered lives / [electronic resource] : Marta Meana and Lindsey Ricciardi - Reno : University of Nevada Press, c2008 - 1 online resource (x, 267 p.)
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index
Taking the leap: deciding on surgery -- Responding to the kindness of strangers: now you don't see me, now you do -- Changing the dynamics in your inner circle: your change becomes everybody else's -- Deconstructing the self: who was I and who am I becoming? -- Facing the music of self: when weight is no longer the reason -- Greater than the weight of our parts: making sense of it all -- Through thick and thin: planning for success -- Concluding note: neither weight nor weight loss
Mode of access: Internet
9780874177411 (electronic bk.) 0874177413 (electronic bk.)
Obesity--Surgery--Patients--Interviews
Obesity surgery stories of altered lives / [electronic resource] : Marta Meana and Lindsey Ricciardi - Reno : University of Nevada Press, c2008 - 1 online resource (x, 267 p.)
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index
Taking the leap: deciding on surgery -- Responding to the kindness of strangers: now you don't see me, now you do -- Changing the dynamics in your inner circle: your change becomes everybody else's -- Deconstructing the self: who was I and who am I becoming? -- Facing the music of self: when weight is no longer the reason -- Greater than the weight of our parts: making sense of it all -- Through thick and thin: planning for success -- Concluding note: neither weight nor weight loss
Mode of access: Internet
9780874177411 (electronic bk.) 0874177413 (electronic bk.)
Obesity--Surgery--Patients--Interviews