Women, doctors, and cosmetic surgery
Subtitle: negotiating the 'normal' body
By: Rhian Parker.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230574007
Subjects: Surgery, Plastic -- Social aspects; Body image in women; Women patients; Plastic surgeons
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction * Cosmetic Surgery and the 'Normalisation' of the Body: A Short History * The Female Body and Body Image: An Historical Perspective * Social and Feminist Theories and the Body* The Cosmetic Surgery Business * Cosmetic Surgery: Patient and Doctor Motivations * Communication Between Doctors and Patients in the Cosmetic Surgery Setting * Understanding Risk in Cosmetic Surgery * Conclusion * References * Index Introduction * Cosmetic Surgery and the 'Normalisation' of the Body: A Short History * The Female Body and Body Image: An Historical Perspective * Social and Feminist Theories and the Body* The Cosmetic Surgery Business * Cosmetic Surgery: Patient and Doctor Motivations * Communication Between Doctors and Patients in the Cosmetic Surgery Setting * Understanding Risk in Cosmetic Surgery * Conclusion * References * Index.