Cosmetic Surgery: The Cutting Edge of Commercial Medicine in America
Author:   Deborah Sullivan
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
ISBN:  

9780813528601


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 December 2000
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Deborah Sullivan
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.425kg
ISBN:  

9780813528601


ISBN 10:   0813528607
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 December 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Social Bodies: Tightening the Bonds of Beauty 2. Pretty Pleases: Social, Psychological, and Economic Consequences of Appearances 3. Technological Imperialism: The Emergence of Cosmetic Surgery 4. Medical Entrepreneurs: Market Forces, Regulatory Changes, and Growth of Cosmetic Surgery 5. Sibling Rivalry: The Intraprofessional ""Turf War"" over Cosmetic Surgery 6. Caveat Emptor: Selling Surgery 7. Managing the Media Message: Cosmetic Surgery in Women's Magazines 8. Pandora's Box: Commercialism in the Medical Profession Bibliography Index"

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"An incisive look at the medicalization of beauty, this sociological inquiry into the origins, expansion and commercialization of cosmetic surgery brings entirely new insights to the subject.--Margaret Lock ""author of Encounters with Aging: Mythologies of Menopause in Japan and North America"" Deborah Sullivan's compelling book Cosmetic Surgery: The Cutting Edge of Commercial Medicine in America, makes the case that was once the fringe of American medicine has come to define its new center. The very definition of the relationship between doctor and patient we now use and praise is that of the cosmetic surgeon and her client. Sullivan makes one think very hard about the path we are all treading. --Sander L. Gilman ""author of Making the Body Beautiful: A Cultural History of Aesthetic Surgery"""


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DEBORAH A. SULLIVAN teaches sociology at Arizona State University. She is the coauthor of Labor Pains: Modern Midwives and Home Birth. 

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