The secrets of self-starvation
- Creator
- Chan, Zenobia C. Y
- Ma, Joyce L.C.
The secrets of self-starvation
This is a single case study for which a life history approach was adopted. The informant, a patient suffering from anorexia nervosa (AN), was specifically selected because of her particular circumstances. Three themes emerged from her narrative that accounted for self-starvation: saving money, reserving food and competing for slenderness. The paper explores these themes and closes by emphasizing the necessity of understanding the sensitive and untold story of a patient’s self-starvation in her cultural-familial context.
- Creator
- Chan, Zenobia C. Y
- Ma, Joyce L.C.