'A second youth': Pursuing happiness and respectability through cosmetic surgery in Finland

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 258-271

  Kinnunen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageism; Appearance; Cosmetic surgery; Finland; Happiness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAPPINESS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 77950136779     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01215.x     Document Type: Article

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