FOREIGN HANSER RIGHTS - Hanser Literaturverlage
FOREIGN HANSER RIGHTS - Hanser Literaturverlage
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<strong>FOREIGN</strong><br />
DEUTICKE<br />
<strong>RIGHTS</strong><br />
Hans Weiss /Ingeborg Lackinger Karger<br />
Schönheit<br />
Beauty<br />
The Promises of the Beauty Industry –<br />
Benefits, Risks, Costs<br />
320 pages. Trade Paperback<br />
Publication date: September 26, 2011<br />
Beauty – the key to happiness?<br />
The benefits and risks of cosmetic medicine: a frank evaluation<br />
N O N- F I CTI O N<br />
From anti-aging to Botox and cosmetic surgery: one of the most controversial areas of<br />
medicine has become a multimillion dollar business. But interventions of this kind can<br />
frequently have devastating results. Let's face it: in many countries, any doctor can call<br />
themselves a cosmetic surgeon without requiring specific qualifications. And surveys reveal<br />
that one in four patients is unhappy with the outcome.<br />
In collaboration with doctors, Hans Weiss and Ingeborg Lackinger Karger describe and assess<br />
the central techniques and procedures offered by the beauty industry. What is useful? What<br />
is damaging? What is just a waste of money? And which doctors should you really steer well<br />
clear of? By way of example, a whole chapter is dedicated to a prominent cosmetic surgeon<br />
and his dubious business practice in Germany.<br />
Hans Weiss<br />
studied psychology and medical sociology in Innsbruck, Vienna, Cambridge and London.<br />
He has been a freelance journalist and author working from Vienna since 1980, known as<br />
much for his undercover journalism as for bestsellers such as Bittere Pillen (reissued in 2011),<br />
Kursbuch Gesundheit (2006), Schwarzbuch Markenfirmen (reissued 2010), Korrupte<br />
Medizin (TB 2010) and Schwarzbuch Landwirtschaft (2010).<br />
Ingeborg Lackinger Karger<br />
studied medicine and history of art in Munster and Munich. Since 1993 she has been<br />
running her own practice as a doctor combining gynecology, psychotherapeutic medicine,<br />
psychoanalysis and psycho-oncology. She is a didactic analyst in Düsseldorf as well as being<br />
a freelance author and publicist. Her published books include Kursbuch Seele (1996), Frau<br />
und Gesundheit (1998), Natürlich gesund 50 plus (2002) and Wechseljahre. GU-Ratgeber<br />
Gesundheit (2011).
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