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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mary White Stewart |
| ISBN: | 0275963594 9780275963590 0897895150 9780897895156 |
| OCLC Number: | 37761907 |
| Description: | xiv, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Breast wishes -- The path of destruction: implant development, data distortion, and the ineffectiveness of the FDA -- Oh, you beautiful doll: transforming the self in American culture -- A nip, a tuck, a lift: medicalizing healthy women -- Women's bodies, women's worth -- The aftermath and the stigma path -- Medical records: negotiated reality -- The medical-legal controversy and its impact on litigation -- Breast implants in the larger context of violence against women. |
| Responsibility: | Mary White Stewart. |
Abstract:
The first broad-based presentation of the silicone breast implant medical debacle, examining the women who had implants, why they had them, and what has happened to them socially, medically, and legally as a result.
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