TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meana,Marta
AU  - Ricciardi,Lindsey
TI  - Obesity surgery: stories of altered lives 
SN  - 9780874177411 (electronic bk.)
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Reno
PB  - University of Nevada Press
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Surgery
KW  - Patients
KW  - Interviews
N1  - 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
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ER  -