The bioethics of cosmetic psychopharmacology

South African Psychiatry Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 50-51

  Stein, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 21644470707     PISSN: 18117805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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