The Ethics of Aesthetic Surgery

Advances in plastic and reconstructive surgery have revolutionized the management of patients suffering from disfiguring congenital abnormalities, burns and skin cancers. The demand for aesthetic surgery has increased in recent years, as our culture has become more concerned with image and appearanc...

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Autor principal: Mousavi, SR
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20606994
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.63396
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description Advances in plastic and reconstructive surgery have revolutionized the management of patients suffering from disfiguring congenital abnormalities, burns and skin cancers. The demand for aesthetic surgery has increased in recent years, as our culture has become more concerned with image and appearance. Several ethical considerations such as patient's right for informed counseling, beneficience and maleficience need to be given careful consideration.
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spelling pubmed-28901362010-07-06 The Ethics of Aesthetic Surgery Mousavi, SR J Cutan Aesthet Surg Commentary Advances in plastic and reconstructive surgery have revolutionized the management of patients suffering from disfiguring congenital abnormalities, burns and skin cancers. The demand for aesthetic surgery has increased in recent years, as our culture has become more concerned with image and appearance. Several ethical considerations such as patient's right for informed counseling, beneficience and maleficience need to be given careful consideration. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2890136/ /pubmed/20606994 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.63396 Text en © Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890136/
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