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Tiny bites : a guide to gastric surgery for the morbidly obese / Saundra Beauchamp-Parke ; [forward by Alex M. C. MacGregor].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beauchamp-Parke, Saundra.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obesity--Surgery--Popular works.
- Obesity.
- Gastrointestinal system--Surgery--Popular works.
- Gastrointestinal system.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (125 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The author outlines the practicalities of considering, undergoing and recovering from gastric surgery. It enable families and friends of sufferers to understand the problem better and people who are seriously overweight to recognize that they are not alone. It is an essential guide for health and social care professionals.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Problem
- 2 The Candidate
- 3 The Surgery
- 4 John
- 5 Viola
- 6 Jerry Michael
- 7 Virginia
- 8 Lynda
- 9 The Doctor
- 10 The Event
- 11 The Aftermath
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Useful Websites
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-120) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-84642-286-8
- 0-585-47116-9
- OCLC:
- 614710343
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