Anthropological Perspectives on Eating Disorders: Deciphering Cultural Logics
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Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating: Socio-Cultural and Familial Perspectives
Associate Professor Yael Latzer, DSc, Associate Professor Daniel Stein, MD and Professor Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc Director, Institute for the Treatment and Study of Eating Disorders, Division of Psychiatry, Rambam, Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. affiliated with the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Siences, Haifa University, Israel. Email:[email protected] Director, Pediatric Ps...
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عنوان ژورنال: Transcultural Psychiatry
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1363-4615,1461-7471
DOI: 10.1177/1363461518784385