Risk factor medicalization, hubris, and the obesity disease.

نویسنده

  • John Z Sadler
چکیده

The essays on obesity in this issue frequently refer to the recent American Medical Association (AMA) declaration of obesity as a disease. In response to these essays, I describe and explore the significance of 'risk-factor medicalization' and how negative unintended consequences with this approach to disease modeling are exemplified in many of the essays. I also relate the essays' content to the issue of physician hubris in the face of their own helplessness in aiding the obese patient.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Narrative inquiry in bioethics

دوره 4 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014