Does cosmetic surgery improve psychosocial wellbeing?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 176, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 601-604

  Castle, David J ^a   Honigman, Roberta J ^a   Phillips, Katharine A ^a  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 0037124218     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04593.x     Document Type: Review

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