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• Title:A guide to weight loss surgery : professional and personal views / Rhonda L. Hamilton.
  
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• Author/Creator:Hamilton, Rhonda L., 1968-
  
• Published/Created:Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WI900 .H24 2008
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Obesity--Surgery--Popular works.
  
• Description:xx, 180 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
  
• Series:Praeger series on contemporary health and living
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-173) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780275997823 (alk. paper)
  0275997820 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:1. Diets fail
  2. Risks of chronic obesity
  3. Benefits of surgery and how to choose a surgery
  4. Risks of surgery and how bariatric surgeries are performed
  5. How to choose a surgeon and a hospital
  6. How to navigate through insurance hassles
  7. Life after surgery
  8. When bariatric surgery is unsuccessful.