Weight Bias in Health Education Critical Perspectives for Pedagogy and Practice |
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| Editor:
| Brown, Heather
Ellis-Ordway, Nancy |
| Series title: | Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-000-46030-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2021 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $52.95USD $190.00USD $190.00 |
Book Description:
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Weight stigma is so pervasive in our culture that it is often unnoticed, along with the harm that it causes. Health care is rife with anti-fat bias and discrimination against fat people, which compromises care and influences the training of new practitioners.
Weight stigma is so pervasive in our culture that it is often unnoticed, along with the harm that it causes. Health care is rife with anti-fat bias and discrimination against fat people, which compromises care and influences the training of new practitioners.