Screen LibraryPlastic surgery
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| Published: |
Greenwood,
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| Publisher Address: | Santa Barbara, Calif. |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Health and medical issues today, |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 200 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780313375682 (hardback : alk. paper) 0313375682 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780313375699 (eISBN) 0313375690 (eISBN) |
| Index Number: | R62 |
| CLC: | R62 |
| Call Number: | R62/T473 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. History -- Indications and types of treatment -- Challenges and applications -- Anesthesia and antisepsis -- Wartime: the mother of invention -- Paradigm changes in reconstruction and aesthetics -- Corrective versus cosmetic surgery -- Organizations and societies -- Introduction and overview -- Informed consent: doctors and patients at risk -- Wartime morality and politics -- Breast reconstruction -- Is ethnicity bad? -- Liposuction -- Botox: a good use for a bad organism -- Silicone and other implants -- Down syndrome-- Cleft palate and cleft lip -- Ambiguous genitalia -- Why would anyone want to do that? "This book provides a complete history of plastic surgery, a description of the modern techniques and choices available, and an overview of the controversies surrounding the choice to voluntarily change your physical appearance"--Provided by publisher. |