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Five Ways Health Care Can Be Better for Fat People

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ID15744953
AuthorsKristen A Hardy (University of Manitoba, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume25
Issue7
PagesE528-534
Publication date2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980
PublisherAmerican Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1001/amajethics.2023.528
PMID37432005
OpenAlexW4383753478
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited4

Discussions about how to better accommodate fat persons' needs in health care settings tend to focus on how to reduce stigma and improve equipment (eg, scanners). While important, such efforts must address underlying ideological foundations of stigma and equipment inadequacy, including thin-centrism, a tendency to pathologize fatness, inadequate representation of fat people in health care organizational leadership, and power differentials between clinicians and health care seekers. This article describes how weight-based exclusion and oppression play out in clinical settings and practice as dysfunctional power sharing and suggests strategies for improving clinical relationships

Dysfunctional family · Health care · Ideology · Oppression · Political science · Power (physics · Psychiatry · Public relations · Stigma (botany · Medicine · Nursing · Obesity and Health Practices · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year1
Citation span2024 - 2025 (2)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2

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