How to protect medical professionals from unrealistic expectations of clients in corrective dermatology?

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-513

  Šitum, Mirna ^a   Buljan, Marija ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aesthetic interventions; Body dysmorphic disorder; Corrective dermatology; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; DERMATOLOGY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 80052807595     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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