Holliday, R, Bell, D, Cheung, O et al. (2 more authors) (2015) Brief encounters: Assembling cosmetic surgery tourism. Social science & medicine, 124. 298 - 304. ISSN 0037-7856
Abstract
This paper reports findings from a large-scale, multi-disciplinary, mixed methods project which explores empirically and theoretically the rapidly growing but poorly understood (and barely regulated) phenomenon of cosmetic surgery tourism (CST). We explore CST by drawing on theories of flows, networks and assemblages, aiming to produce a fuller and more nuanced account of – and accounting for – CST. This enables us to conceptualise CST as an interplay of places, people, things, ideas and practices. Through specific instances of assembling cosmetic surgery that we encountered in the field, and that we illustrate with material from interviews with patients, facilitators and surgeons, our analysis advances understandings and theorisations of medical mobilities, globalisation and assemblage thinking.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This article is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). |
Keywords: | Cosmetic surgery; medical tourism; flow; network; assemblage |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2014 11:11 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2015 13:09 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.06.047 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.06.047 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80402 |