Communicating risks of obesity before anaesthesia from the patient's perspective: informed consent or fat-shaming?

T Selak¹, V Selak²

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¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
² Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

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T Selak et al. Anaesthesia. 2021 Feb.

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. 2021 Feb;76(2):170-173.

doi: 10.1111/anae.15126. Epub 2020 Jun 1.

T Selak¹, V Selak²

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
² Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Keywords: bariatric surgery; obesity; pre-operative assessment; prehabilitation.

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Communicating risks of obesity before anaesthesia from the patient's perspective: informed consent or fat-shaming?
Pengelly L, Cousins J, McKechnie A; Society for Obesity, Bariatric Anaesthesia. Pengelly L, et al. Anaesthesia. 2021 Feb;76(2):282-283. doi: 10.1111/anae.15195. Epub 2020 Jul 11. Anaesthesia. 2021. PMID: 32652547 No abstract available.

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