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Social, psychological and cultural dimensions of cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery

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  1. Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, 10016, New York, New York, U.S.A.

    Frances Cooke Macgregor M.A. (Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery (Sociology)

  2. Plastic Surgery Division, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, 550 First Avenue, 10016, New York, New York, U.S.A.

    Frances Cooke Macgregor M.A. (Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery (Sociology)

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Cooke Macgregor, F. Social, psychological and cultural dimensions of cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 13, 1–8 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570318

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