Carmen Alvaro Jarrín

Associate Professor of Anthropology at College of the Holy Cross

PhD, Massachusetts, USA.

Latest Contribution

Photo of Rio, Brazil.

Medical racism and the surgical ‘correction’ of the nose in Brazil

4 September 2023 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinoplasty

Anthropologist Professor Carmen Alvaro Jarrín has conducted extensive research into plastic surgery practice in Brazil. Here, she explains why social and cultural ideas about race may shape rhinoplasty objectives for patients and surgeons in the country. Health professionals worldwide are...