Body integrity identity disorder: Response to Patrone

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-190

  Ryan, Christopher James ^a,b   Shaw, Tarra ^a,c   Harris, Anthony W F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ETHICS; HUMAN; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; NOTE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AMPUTATION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; HUMANS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 77955503415     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2009.033175     Document Type: Article

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