...Mary G. Winkler Books Reviews Kathy Davis. Reshaping the Female Body: The Dilemma of Cosmetic Surgery. New York: Routledge, 1995. 211 pp. $16.95 paper. As I was preparing this review...

... the proportional increase in the cost of insurance. Compulsory payment for coverage of such services appears to require that people have more concern for others' health than for their own. The principle's application to cosmetic, extraordinary, and diagnostic or preventive services is illustrated. It is suggested...

.... Books 993 Davis’s interview subjects, Zimmerman repeatedly observes, were con- siderably happier than hers. Now, while it is certainly useful to compare the variances in their studies, Zimmerman implies that Davis is simply wrong. If all these women are happy with their cosmetic surgery...

... appear to be in direct confrontation with fundamental principles of constitutional law, as evidenced by a close reading of the pertinent cases and provisions of the 1962 amendment to the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic I. Historical perspective A. Case IQw status. Although Laetrile has...

... Wilensky, Harold L. Social Science and the Public Agenda: Reflections on the Relation of Knowledge to Policy in the United States and Abroad (report from the field), 5:1241–1265 Winkler, Mary G. Review of Reshaping the Female Body: The Dilemma of Cosmetic Surgery (Kathy Davis), 1:245–248 Zuvekas...

.... This makes for stimulating reading but poses problems for clinicians and policy makers who may be looking for clearer guidance about what stance to take with regard to Prozac, Viagra, cosmetic surgery, or new genetic interventions. What follows is an effort to distill...

.... This makes for stimulating reading but poses problems for clinicians and policy makers who may be looking for clearer guidance about what stance to take with regard to Prozac, Viagra, cosmetic surgery, or new genetic interventions. What follows is an effort to distill...

.... This makes for stimulating reading but poses problems for clinicians and policy makers who may be looking for clearer guidance about what stance to take with regard to Prozac, Viagra, cosmetic surgery, or new genetic interventions. What follows is an effort to distill...

.... This makes for stimulating reading but poses problems for clinicians and policy makers who may be looking for clearer guidance about what stance to take with regard to Prozac, Viagra, cosmetic surgery, or new genetic interventions. What follows is an effort to distill...

.... This makes for stimulating reading but poses problems for clinicians and policy makers who may be looking for clearer guidance about what stance to take with regard to Prozac, Viagra, cosmetic surgery, or new genetic interventions. What follows is an effort to distill...

... the import of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) 1 into the United States under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which gives the FDA authority to regulate drugs and drug-delivery devices (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 9 § 301 [1938]). This action was challenged in court...

... and Fiction (University of Illinois Press, 1995), she is currently completing a book- length study on cosmetic surgery, “The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery: Flesh Wounds.” E. Richard Brown is the director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a professor in the UCLA School of Public Health. His...

...: Cultural Studies on Cosmetic Surgery. Kathy Davis. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003. 176 pp. $21.95 paper. Miscellaneous Suffering and Illness: Insights for Caregivers. Fay Carol Reed. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis, 2003. 159 pp. $24.95 paper. ...

... History (paperback ed Molly Caldwell Crosby. New York: Penguin Group, 2007. 368 pp. $15.00 paper. Medical Anthropology and Sociology Surgery Junkies: Wellness and Pathology in Cosmetic Culture. Victoria Pitts-Taylor. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2007. 216 pp. $19.95 paper...

.... Congressional Record, 79th Congress, 1938, pp. 4841, 4913. For extensive discussion of the 1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, see “Developments in the Law-The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,” Harvard Law Review 67 (1954): 632-722. 5. OTA, Federal Policies, pp. 3-4. 6. H. Aaron and W...

... Technology: A Research Guide to the Legal Status of the Frozen Embryo. Timothy Coppo. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein. 40 pp. $39.50 cloth. Reshaping the Female Body: The Dilemma of Cosmetic Surgery. Kathy Davis. New York: Routledge, 1995. 219 pp. $16.95 cloth. Troubled Bodies: Critical Perspectives...

... had authority under Section 564 of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) to authorize emergency use of medical products where, based on the totality of evidence, (1) it is reasonable to believe that the product may be effective in treating the disease or condition identified in the public health...

... of medical necessity. A case in point is cosmetic surgery, which is not an insured benefit “except where medically required’ ’ (p. 19). The deductive model, idealized as it is, is a plausible-sometimes, the only plausible-reconstruction of a number of specific decisions on insurance cov- erage...

.... Reshaping Bodies has left me with much to ponder. I do not want to join any victim-blaming chorus. I understand that the women’s “accounts showed how cosmetic surgery can be an understandable step in the con- text of an individual woman’s experience of embodiment and of her pos- sibilities for taking...

... the bioavailability of drug products. This information should be available to aid in the establishment of compendia1 standards. 9. Exemptions provided in current law for some drug products based on their year of introduction in relation to amendments of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (so-called...