Objective: The treatment of obesity besides weight loss will have numerous psychological effects. The obese patients have different body image, poor hope and quality of life that influence the process of their treatment. The aim of this study was to compare body image, quality of life and hope in obese women with diet therapy and obese women who are not under diet therapy. Materials and Method...

The Epicurean argument that death cannot be a misfortune for the person who dies because, when death occurs, there is no longer a person to whom any misfortune can befall, fails to establish the conclusions which its defenders have sought from it. Beginning with the premise that death can be bad, either for the victim or in quasi-impersonal terms, the author seeks to define that badness throug...

2 Theoretical Insights 4 2.1 The VSL model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.1.1 The standard model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.1.2 The dead-anyway effect and the wealth effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1.3 Risk aversion and background risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....