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Silicone Spills : Breast Implants on Trial by Mary White Stewart (1998, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherABC-Clio, LLC

ISBN-100275963594

ISBN-139780275963590

eBay Product ID (ePID)1090304

Product Key Features

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSilicone Spills : Breast Implants on Trial

SubjectMaterials Science / General, Public Health, Surgery / Plastic & Cosmetic, General, Personality, Anatomy

Publication Year1998

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Health & Fitness, Psychology, Medical

AuthorMary White Stewart

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN97-041006

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"This book should be read with interest by women who have had, or who contemplate having, breast implants, and by the people who love and care about them. For some women, this could be the most important book they read all year."- NWSA Journal, "This is a tragic story of big business, disinterested government, a powerful medical profession, and certainly less powerful female consumers.... Highly recommended for college and university libraries." Choice, "This book should be read with interest by women who have had, or who contemplate having, breast implants, and by the people who love and care about them. For some women, this could be the most important book they read all year." NWSA Journal, "This is a tragic story of big business, disinterested government, a powerful medical profession, and certainly less powerful female consumers.... Highly recommended for college and university libraries."- Choice

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal618.1/9/0592

Table Of ContentPreface Introduction 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 Glossary Bibliography Index

SynopsisFor 30 years, silicone gel breast implants were marketed to and implanted in at least one million women in the U.S. alone, damaging the health of hundreds of thousands. To many women seeking to improve their appearance, these virtually untested implants were promoted as a safe, lifelong answer to their needs. In actuality, however, they have been the cause of devastating, often irreversible health problems, making the implantation of these bags of gel one of the worst health care debacles in recent memory. Lawsuits against the manufacturers and the resulting trials have made prominent headlines and are a matter of public records, but until the publication of Silicone Spills: Breast Implants on Trial , there has never been a sophisticated and accurate presentation of the women who have had implants, why they have had them, and what has happened to them socially, medically, and legally as a result. Silicone Spills portrays the breast implant business as a personal and social tragedy, as well as a complex legal and political controversy. Sociologist Mary White Stewart interviewed over 50 women at great length, examined questionnaires completed by 60 other women, observed pre-trial hearings and courtroom proceedings during the litigation against implant manufacturers, and read countless documents and press coverage about the cases. The fascinating and horrifying story she tells in this book, full of women's personal experiences, is a tale of corporate greed, of the commodification and medicalization of women's bodies, and of women's lack of personal and economic power. How can so many women have been damaged and failed by the very people and institutions that exist to protect them? Silicone Spills reveals that the complex answers to this question lie in our culture, in which women continue to be eager consumers of any procedures and products that seductively promise physical transformation into the desirable feminine ideal.

LC Classification NumberRD539