title: [Ethical aspects of bariatric surgery].
abstract: Attitude to obesity determines the attitude to antiobesity surgery: is obesity a disease among other diseases belonging to the public health care, or a characteristic resulting from living habits, remaining under the person's own responsibility? Antiobesity surgery requires supporting the patients' right to self-determination. Other treatments for obesity should be available, and this procedure necessitating permanent adjustments of living habits requires sufficient advance preparation. The patient's guarantee governing the treatment of obesity as a whole seems relevant. Assessment of the need for surgery is, however, difficult and the benefits and disadvantages differ among the various stakeholders.
authors.affiliation: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos, mielenterveysongelmat ja päihdepalvelut ja menetelmien arviointiyksikkö Finohta, PL 30, 00271 Helsinki.
authors.forename: Samuli I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Saarni
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Anttila
authors.forename: Suoma E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Saarni
authors.forename: Pertti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mustajoki
authors.forename: Vesa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Koivukangas
authors.forename: Tuija S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Ikonen
authors.forename: Antti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malmivaara
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D026684:Personal Autonomy