Augmentation mammoplasty: A complex choice

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-90

  Allen, Marion ^a   Oberle, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEAUTY; BREAST IMPLANTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN;

EID: 0029688963     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399339609516222     Document Type: Article

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