Questioning the Ethics of Promoting Weight Loss in Clinical Practice

This case study considers the ethical defensibility of recommending weight loss as a treatment for patients with higher body mass indexes. Recommending weight loss may be motivated by clinicians’ biases toward people living in larger bodies, misperceptions about weight and its relevancy to overall...

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Main Authors: Andria Bianchi, Maria Ricupero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Programmes de bioéthique, École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal 2020-07-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Bioethics
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Online Access:https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/270