Aesthetic anti-ageing surgery and technology: Women's friend or foe?

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-257

  Brooks, Abigail T ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelessness; Femininity; Successful ageing; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77950194171     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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