Eating to live or living to eat: The meaning of hunger following gastric surgery
This paper is based upon interviews with twenty-seven women and men who have an inherited risk of developing gastric cancer and have had their stomach removed as a preventative measure. We describe what happens when bodily processes – digestion - are disrupted by the removal of the stomach. Intervie...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-12-01
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Series: | SSM: Qualitative Research in Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321521000056 |