The morality of cosmetic surgery for aging

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 427-431

  Ringel, Eileen W ^a  

^a Maine General Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LIPOSUCTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MODEL; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 0031958165     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.4.427     Document Type: Article

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