Informed Consent Inside the Dow Corning Breast Implant Tragedy

Name: Informed Consent Inside the Dow Corning Breast Implant Tragedy
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ISBN: 9780070096257

ISBN-10: 0070096252

ISBN-13: 9780070096257

Edition: 1996

Authors: John A. Byrne

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This book looks at the silicon breast implant controversy as it was played out inside Dow Corning. It tells the story of a woman disfigured by implant surgery, whose husband was an executive at Dow Corning, a company who produce the implants.

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 28
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Prologue	p. 1
Corporate Recusal	p. 5
A Company Town	p. 19
Spare Parts for the Body	p. 39
A Sculptor and His Clay	p. 57
The Market Grows and Questions Begin	p. 71
"Why the Hell are We in this Business Anyway?"	p. 93
Silicone Critics	p. 109
An Ethical Issue	p. 125
Taking Them Out	p. 139
The Little Candy Store Across the Street Gets a New Boss	p. 165
"Sell the Sucker"	p. 187
A Final Assignment	p. 211
Epilogue	p. 229
Author's Note	p. 247
Acknowledgments	p. 253
Notes and Sources	p. 255
Index	p. 269
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