Female genital cosmetic surgery: A critical review of current knowledge and contemporary debates

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1393-1407

  Braun, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LABIAPLASTY; MARKETING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE;

COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; VULVA; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 77954257812     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2009.1728     Document Type: Review

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