Women, Doctors and Cosmetic Surgery :Negotiating the ‘Normal’ Body

Women, Doctors and Cosmetic Surgery

Women, Doctors and Cosmetic Surgery :Negotiating the ‘Normal’ Body

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Published: 10 March, 2010
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This book explores an innovative study of women who undergo cosmetic study 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 women's bodies are scrutinised in Western countries.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781349365050
ISBN10 134936505X
Number Of Pages 238
Item Weight 1000 g
Publisher / Reseller Palgrave Macmillan
Format paperback
Edition 1st ed. 2010
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Author's Bio

RHIAN PARKER is an Associate Professor at the Australian National University. She is a health sociologist with diverse research interests that include women's health, body image and the delivery of primary care. She has previously worked at the University of Queensland, University of Melbourne, Monash University the University of Canberra, Australia.

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