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Bariatric surgery for obese children and adolescents: a review of the moral challenges

BACKGROUND: Bariatric surgery for children and adolescents is becoming widespread. However, the evidence is still scarce and of poor quality, and many of the patients are too young to consent. This poses a series of moral challenges, which have to be addressed both when considering bariatric surgery...

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Autor principal: Hofmann, Bjørn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3655839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23631445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-14-18