Cosmetic neurology and cosmetic surgery: Parallels, predictions, and challenges

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-137

  Chatterjee, Anjan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; ETHICS; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW;

COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROLOGY; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 33947369459     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180107070156     Document Type: Review

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