Factors influencing surgeons' decisions in elective cosmetic surgery consultations

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-320

  Cook, Sharon A ^a,b   Rosser, Robert ^a,b   James, M Ian ^a   Kaney, Sue ^a,b   Salmon, Peter ^b  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmetic surgery; Decision making; Guideline development

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST REDUCTION; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GYNECOMASTIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 34249071075     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X07300607     Document Type: Article

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