Psychology of the Aesthetic Patient: The Value of Personality Profile Testing

Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-171

  Terino, Edward ^a  

^a Plastic Surgery Institute of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROBLEM PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 40749095476     PISSN: 10647406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsc.2007.12.001     Document Type: Review

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