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SEEKING BEAUTY, CUTTING COSTS:
WHY SO MANY AMERICANS GO UNDER THE KNIFE ABROAD
by
Noah Connolly Barron
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(PRINT JOURNALISM)
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Noah Connolly Barron
Object Description
| Title | Seeking beauty, cutting costs: why so many Americans go under the knife abroad |
| Author | Barron, Noah Connolly |
| Author email | noahbarron@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Journalism (Print Journalism) |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-04-01 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-04-15 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Cray, Edward |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Berger, Bob Albright, Julie |
| Abstract | This thesis is a collection of three newsmagazine-style journalistic articles that investigate the trend of American cosmetic surgery consumers traveling abroad for discounted operations. What follows is the product of dozens of interviews, months of research and a trip to Tijuana, Mexico to interview cosmetic surgeons and their patients.; Section one follows Becki Bozard, 49, a Portland social worker who lost a great deal of weight following a U.S. bariatric procedure and then traveled to Vitoria, Brazil to have excess torso tissue removed.; Section two explores the economic and cultural factors that contribute to the medical tourism trend, as well as the various risk factors it creates.; Section three takes the reader firsthand into the offices of Mexican cosmetic surgeons who operate on a growing patient base of U.S. citizens.; Taken as a whole, the three articles attempt to paint a broad picture of cosmetic tourism and its implications for the future of consumer-driven medical care. |
| Keyword | cosmetic; surgery; tourism; travel; medical; malpractice; international law; journalism; investigative |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1125 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Barron, Noah Connolly |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Barron-20080415 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume40/etd-Barron-20080415.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | SEEKING BEAUTY, CUTTING COSTS: WHY SO MANY AMERICANS GO UNDER THE KNIFE ABROAD by Noah Connolly Barron A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (PRINT JOURNALISM) May 2008 Copyright 2008 Noah Connolly Barron |
