Language Matters: Patients' Preferred Terms for Discussing Obesity and Disordered Eating with Health Care Providers After Bariatric Surgery.
Valentina IvezajJanet A LydeckerCarlos M GriloPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2020)
Many weight-related and loss-of-control eating terms are viewed as undesirable. Health care providers should begin with neutrally rated terms and ask patients about their language preferences when speaking with individuals before/after bariatric surgery to improve patient-centered care and reduce perceived weight bias.
Keyphrases
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- ejection fraction
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