Factitious disorders: Potential litigation risks for plastic surgeons

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-69

  Eisendrath, Stuart J ^a,c   Telischak, Katherine S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Factitious; Litigation; Malpractice; Munchausen syndrome; Plastic surgeons; Prevention; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MASTECTOMY; PLASTER CAST; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGEON; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 39849105245     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318049cc41     Document Type: Article

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