title: [The decision of an obese woman to have bariatric surgery: the social phenomenology].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the process by which an obese woman decides to have bariatric surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative survey with a social phenomenology approach, carried out in 2012, with 12 women, using the phenomenological interview.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A woman bases the decision to have the surgery on: the inappropriateness of her eating habits; a physical appearance that is incompatible with an appearance that is standardized by society; the social prejudice that she has to live with; the limitations imposed by obesity; and her lack of success with previous attempts to lose weight. Outcomes that she hopes for from the decision to have the surgery include: restoring her health; achieving social inclusion; and entering the labor market.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study allows one to reflect that prescriptive actions do not give a satisfactory response to a complexity of the subjective questions involved in the decision to have surgery for obesity. For this, what is called for is a program of work based on an interdisciplinary approach, and training that gives value to the bio-psycho-social aspects involved in a decision in favor of surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Deíse Moura de
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, São Paulo University, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Miriam Aparecida Barbosa
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Merighi
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Cristina Pinto de
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jesus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D003657:Decision Making; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D011287:Prejudice; D036301:Qualitative Research