Title: Women, doctors and cosmetic surgery : negotiating the "normal" body /
Authors: Parker, Rhian, 1955-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Surgery, Plastic Social aspects.; Body image in women.; Women patients.; Plastic surgeons.; Body Image; Social Conditions.; Surgery, Plastic psychology; Women; Body image in women; Cosmetic surgery.; Doctor/patient relationship.; Frau; Health and Fitness.; Körperbild; Kosmetische Chirurgie; MEDICAL Surgery Plastic & Cosmetic.; Plastic surgeons; Psychologie; Surgery, Plastic Social aspects; Women patients
Abstract: "This book explores an innovative study of women who undergo cosmetic surgery and the doctors who carry it out. It situates cosmetic surgery as a personal choice made by women against the social and cultural reality of the way womens bodies are scrutinised in Western countries"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Introduction -- Cosmetic surgery and the "normalisation" of the body : a short history -- The female body and body image : a historical perspective -- Social and feminist theories and the body -- Into battle for the cosmetic surgery market -- The "why" of cosmetic surgery : patient and doctor motivations -- Communication and cosmetic surgery -- A risky business? : understanding risk in cosmetic surgery -- Overview -- Looking forward, looking back.