Abstract
In this chapter we will:
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contextualise cosmetic surgery tourism and sketch some of its defining features;
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look more closely at how cosmetic surgery tourism works as a phenomenon that assembles a complex set of people, places and practices;
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examine how the cosmetic surgery tourism industry is developing;
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consider debates in tourism studies to understand what it means to call our subject cosmetic surgery tourism.
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Holliday, R. et al. (2013). Beauty and the Beach: Mapping Cosmetic Surgery Tourism. In: Botterill, D., Pennings, G., Mainil, T. (eds) Medical Tourism and Transnational Health Care. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137338495_6
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