Taking a history in aesthetic surgery: SAGA - the surgeon's tool for patient selection

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 723-729

  Blackburn, V F ^a   Blackburn, A V ^a  

^a NONE   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Aesthetic; Cosmetic; History taking; Litigation; Patient evaluation; Rapport

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CONSULTATION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON;

BODY IMAGE; COMMUNICATION; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 47249105043     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.09.049     Document Type: Review

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