Plastic surgery, aesthetics, and medical professionalism: Beauty and the eye of the beholder

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 340-343

  Preminger, Beth Aviva ^a,b   Fins, Joseph J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONALISM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SURGEON;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEAUTY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 65949123336     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318180c92a     Document Type: Review

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