The influence of plastic surgery "reality TV" on cosmetic surgery patient expectations and decision making

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 316-324

  Crockett, Richard J ^b   Pruzinsky, Thomas ^b   Persing, John A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEVISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TELEVISION;

EID: 34250754472     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000264339.67451.71     Document Type: Article

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