Bellevue Community College Disability Models Discussion

I’m working on a writing multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Roughly 4% of American women have had breast augmentation surgery (300,000 per year, compared to 40,000 breast reduction surgeries in women, and 20,000 breast reduction surgeries in men per year) (Chalibi 2014, Zuckerman, et al. 2014). 13% of those women later regret it and have it removed. (American Society of Plastic Surgeons 2014). 

Common reasons to get breast augmentation surgery include (Beauty Redefined 2014):

1. I can’t find clothes in the store that fit
2. People will take me more seriously
3. So I look like everyone else
4. I don’t like the way I look

Explain what a Social Model of Disability approach to these four problems would be. First, briefly explain what the Social Model of Disability is. Contrast it with the Medical Model of Disability. Then explain what kinds of solutions a Social Model of Disability would lead to, and why. How are these solutions different from those that a Medical Model would lead to? Which of these approaches to these four problems (Social Model approach or Medical Model approach) are most inline with the Principle of Nonmaleficence? (Be sure to define the Principle of Nonmaleficence). Cite all sources.

References:

American Society of Plastic Surgeons. 2014. “2014 Plastic Surgery Statistics Report” http://www.plasticsurgery.org/Documents/news-resou…

Beauty Redefined. 2014. Why Breast Implant Surgery is not ‘For You’” 2-18-2014 http://www.beautyredefined.net/why-breast-implants…

Chalibi, Mona. 2014. “Dear Mona, What Percentage Of Women Have Breast Implants?“ FiveThirtyEight Oct 30, 2014, http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/dear-mona-what-…

Zuckerman, Diana; Nagelin-Anderson, Elizabeth; & Santoro, Elizabeth. 2014. “Facts About Breast Implants.” July 2, 2014, https://www.center4research.org/breast-implants-research-regulatory-summary/EditEdit